On Mon, 15 May 2017 08:44:33 -0400, Hendrik wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 11:03:18AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Sat, 13 May 2017 01:06:38 -1000 > > Joel Roth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Long before three weeks ago. I don't usually upgrade or > > > dist-upgrade unless there is some particular need. > > > Probably I'm not alone, even if that is not considered > > > best practice. > > > > I never dist-upgrade. From what I hear, it breaks things. If I feel > > the need to dist-upgrade, it's probably time to back up, reformat > > the disks, and clean-install a later version. > > Do apt and aptitude have the same meanings for upgrade and > dist-upgrade? Or is there a subtle difference between the two tools? ..no, dist-upgrade and upgrade are 2 slightly different tasks, and apt-get and aptitude do things slightly differently, so in combination you'll have 3 or 4 slightly different solutions to conflicts, quite handy IME whenever you disagree with any of those tools' suggested (dist-)upgrade solutions. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
