On 2020-05-12 19:26, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: > > > I have a couple of questions about System Upgradation via DNF from this doc: > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/dnf-system-upgrade/ <rant> I have a issue in the way words are used in the "Fedora Project". I think my issue stems from my days as a hardware engineer. It seems that the words "upgrade" and "update" are used interchangeably. I personally don't see it that way. To me "update" means to apply changes to the current "release" release. While "upgrade" means to go from one release to a newer release. <\rant> But, now on to your question. > > 1) If I want to update my system do I do: > > sudo dnf upgrade --refresh The above will update the current system with packages that are in the repository "updates" that are currently installed on your system. > > or > > sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot The above command is not to be used on its own. It is done after the command sudo dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever=### These commands are used in combination to upgrade a system from one release to another. Like F31 to F32. The "dnf system-upgrade download" command will download the packages for the next release and do a verification that the upgrade can proceed. It will also download the new gpg-keys. The actual install of the download packages will happen when doing "sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot" in a "disconnected" fashion. > > What is the difference between the two ? And when should use one over the other ? > > 2) Will > > sudo dnf upgrade --refresh > > result in a reboot or do I have to do it manually ? The above will not result in a reboot. Generally speaking the decision to reboot or not is up to the user. There are many opinions on when/why to reboot. I can only tell you what I do.... I did "sudo dnf install tracer" on all my systems and then after every update I run sudo tracer And act on the advice given. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
