Jules Dubois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (2) If you're an aptitude user: > > Make sure your system up-to-date with 'aptitude update && aptitude upgrade'. > > Then, as an unprivileged user, run 'aptitude' and press the 'g' key and see > if it wants to do install and/or remove anything. Don't continue if you > don't like the result; aptitude won't continue without the root password > anyway.
I think this implies that the aptitude UI performs an implicit dist-upgrade. [later...] Confirmed. I just ran "aptitude dist-upgrade" and nothing changed. So, one answer to my original question--which was how you know when you have to use dist-upgrade--is to use the aptitude UI consistently. When packages need to be added or removed, they appear in the commit screen. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]