Ralf Mardorf writes: > On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 15:33 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > Sorry, it may ask if it has to preserve or not a configuration file > > modified locally when a new version arrives with the package. > > Good point, I don't use apt that often, because my "main" distro isn't > Debian. I guess there's an option to always confirm.
Indeed, and is -Y, but there are some cases where it's bad, i.e. when the answer must be no :) > Btw. dist-upgrade > anyway might be better than upgrade. Thank you for sending me back to the man page to check the real meaning of dist-upgrade! I thought it was for hot distribution level upgrade but it has also an use for normal software packet updating. I thik I will stick to upgrade and accept to have some packet held back. My work was not hindered by that, at least until now... O.K. for work I use almost non-debian distributed software... -- /\ ___ Ubuntu: ancient /___/\_|_|\_|__|___Gian Uberto Lauri_____ African word //--\| | \| | Integralista GNUslamico meaning "I can \/ coltivatore diretto di software not install già sistemista a tempo (altrui) perso... Debian" Warning: gnome-config-daemon considered more dangerous than GOTO -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/21161.52771.153839.857...@mail.eng.it