Hi, i wrote: > > The release notes for buster > > https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes.en.txt > > do not recommend > > apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs > > but rather > > apt-get upgrade > > without extra options.
Vincent Lefevre wrote: > It is possible that I did not remember the actual release notes and > did something slightly different. So I'm wondering why I skipped > the "apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs" step. I see the "Minimal system upgrade" paragraph in https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes.en.txt https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/release-notes.en.txt https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes.en.txt https://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/amd64/release-notes.en.txt In https://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/amd64/release-notes.en.txt it says "Please note that using apt-get is not recommended for the upgrade from etch to lenny. If you do not have aptitude installed you are recommended to install it first. ... # aptitude safe-upgrade ... # aptitude dist-upgrade " In https://www.debian.org/releases/etch/amd64/release-notes.en.txt it is "# aptitude upgrade # aptitude install initrd-tools [maybe:] # aptitude install libfam0 xlibmesa-glu [or:] # aptitude install x11-common <libfam0> <xlibmesa-glu> # aptitude install linux-image-2.6-<flavor> # aptitude dist-upgrade " Older Debians have no amd64 and seemingly no predecessor of the "Minimal system upgrade" paragraph. https://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/i386/release-notes.en.txt says "# aptitude install aptitude # aptitude install doc-base # aptitude -f --with-recommends dist-upgrade " Have a nice day :) Thomas
