>
> BUT, if that version update grows a new dependency, then 'update'
> locks that package version, till you run "apt-get dist-upgrade"..
>

ah, ok, I'll give that a shot.

It has in the past always been my understanding that dis-upgrade was for
upgrading to a new, or "different" Debian. e.g. Wheezy, or Jessie to
"testing", or "unstable", or in the most recent Wheezy to Jessie.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 3:58 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Ug, so we'd for all intents and purposes be installing sid of wheezy
> > packages on our Jessie images ? Not a clean result in that case, which is
> > not a complaint. But instead and observation to just not use apt-get
> > upgrade.
>
> Everything is built in a Jessie sbuild, nothing is getting cross
> installed..
>
> The issue, is with how apt's update works::
>
> "apt-get update" updates packages when a new version is available.
>
> BUT, if that version update grows a new dependency, then 'update'
> locks that package version, till you run "apt-get dist-upgrade"...
>
> There is a new example coming shortly..
>
> ti wl18xx firmware package, used by the bbgw:
>
> https://github.com/rcn-ee/repos/tree/master/bb-wl18xx-
> firmware/suite/jessie/debian
>
> it's calling a ti tool "calibrator"
>
> https://github.com/rcn-ee/repos/blob/master/bb-wl18xx-
> firmware/suite/jessie/debian/bb-wl18xx-wlan0#L51
>
> I need to package this tool, as currently i'm building in the image
> builder:
>
> https://github.com/RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder/blob/master/target/
> chroot/beagleboard.org-jessie.sh#L342-L352
>
> when i finally package this "ti-calibrator", i'll add a dependicy to
> bb-wl18xx-firmware's control file..
>
> Then you'll have to:
>
> sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> Just, to update: bb-wl18xx-firmware
>
> Regards,
>
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