despite reading the docs.. i've not quite figured the difference between

apt-get upgrade

and

apt-get dist-upgrade

Can anyone enlighten me in words of one syllable?


thanks.. David.

On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, O Plameras wrote:

> Ken Foskey wrote:
>
> >My first kernel panic after an apt-get upgrade  (udev strikes again...)
> >
> >How do I get debian to totally verify itself.  I lost libX11 and also
> >udev packages in the crash,  it says it is installed but it just is not.
> >I have forced the install `apt-get install --reinstall udev libx11-6`
> >but I want to check everything now.
> >
> >Any suggestions?
> >
> >
>
> These are the things I'd do,
>
> #apt-get update
> #apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> The order of execution is important and this
> may take a long time.
>
>
>
>
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