On Wednesday 16 of September 2020 19:39:11 Michael via tde-users wrote: > On Wednesday 16 September 2020 11:54:52 am Slávek Banko via tde-users wrote: > > On Wednesday 16 of September 2020 18:32:34 Uwe Brauer via tde-users wrote: > > > Should it > > > > > > apt-get upgrade not dist-upgrade > > > > As I have mentioned many times, using "dist-upgrade" does not mean > > that it will spontaneously upgrade to a newer version of the > > distribution. It always depends on what distribution name you have > > written in apt sources lists. If you do not change the distribution > > name in the apt sources list yourself, the new version of the > > distribution will not be installed. > > > > Using "dist-upgrade" means that new packages (such as new > > dependencies) can be installed during the update. While using "update" > > makes it impossible to update packages that require the installation > > of new dependencies. > > > > So yes, I really meant "dist-upgrade" :) > > For me this has always been one of the most annoying parts of using > Debian, apt based, derivatives. The command literally says it’s going > to do a distribution upgrade. Users are justifiably not going to use > it, period, until some dev, that they have to trust implicitly like we > do Slávek, beats it into their heads that it is a completely and utterly > misnamed command. * > > Thanks Slávek for being patient with us. > > Best Regards, > Michael > > * I’m sure there’s some original reason for the naming architecture of > this command. Which does not change that from a user’s perspective the > naming of this command is really, really fubar. > ____________________________________________________ If I remember correctly, for aptitude, "soft-upgrade" was added as the equivalent for "upgrade" and "full-upgrade" was added as the equivalent for "dist-upgrade". Maybe the point was to make the meaning more apt. Cheers -- Slávek
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