On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 02:23:50PM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: > >On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 08:08:51AM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: > > > >[cut] > > > >> apt-get dist-upgrade is what's necessary to change release - as the > >> name > >>means -, eg Wheezy to Jessie or Jessie to Ascii. > >....or if you are permanently on testing, since it is not uncommon > >there for some upgrades to break/change/update dependencies. But > >again, there is nothing to fear in dist-upgrade... > > > I used to live on testing a dozen years ago and never needed > dist-upgrade for anything else than changing release. Maybe I missed > something :-)
When I lived on unstable and got behind on new packages, I learned (I think it was from Bob Proulx) that a two-step process of apt-get upgrade, followed by apt-get dist-upgrade was more likely to succeed than straight dist-upgrade. Now I'm happy and thankful to be further away from the bleeding edge. cheers, Joel > Didier > > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng -- Joel Roth _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
