On 2025-09-12, Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Here's a table: >> >> Command NewPkgs RmvPkgs KeepDebs >> ------------------------------- ------- ------- -------- >> apt-get upgrade ✓ >> apt-get upgrade --with-new-pkgs ✓ ✓ >> apt upgrade ✓ >> apt-get dist-upgrade ✓ ✓ ✓ >> apt full-upgrade ✓ ✓ > > Such a table would have been very useful in a man page. > >> "apt upgrade" will "do the kernel" as you put it because the new kernel >> is a new *package* (it has a different name, because multiple kernels >> must be able to coexist). "apt-get upgrade" will not, because it doesn't >> bring in new packages.
The release notes say when upgrading from Bookworm to Trixie to perform: apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs followed by: apt full-upgrade Of course, all this after having pointed your sources list to Trixie and updating the package database.
