2016-11-20 10:45 GMT+01:00 Andrey Rahmatullin <[email protected]>: > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 10:28:29AM +0100, Luc Castermans wrote: > > > > > Just to let you know ´ aptitude -t sid safe-upgrade´ resulted in > KDE > > > > > Frameworks 5.28.0 > > > > > > > > > > and other stuf. All works nicely. Thanks !! > > > > "Safe-upgrade?" First time I have heard of this. Next time, try it > this way! > > > It's the same as `apt upgrade`. > > in contrast to ¨ aptitude dist-upgrade; which will upgrade all > No, there is `aptitude full-upgrade` which is the same as `apt > dist-upgrade`. > Just for completeness: aptitude in fact does recognize dist-upgrade. Its man page says the following about the full-upgrade option. "This command was originally named dist-upgrade for historical reasons, and aptitude still recognizes dist-upgrade as a synonym for full-upgrade."
More on topic: the man page for aptitude is actually very nice and explains what the difference is between a safe-upgrade and a full-upgrade in some detail.
