dist-upgrade in ubuntu

[Nicholas Skaggs]

We had a session at the last virtual UDS about this -- it would have 
changed how we do things a little, but not by much. However, the 
proposal was not adopted by the tech board, so it's not going to happen :-)

Nicholas

On 04/14/2013 08:48 PM, Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote:
> Thanks guys very helpful.
>
> Another question, What will ubuntu moving to a rolling release do to 
> the QAteam?
>
> Istimsak Abdulbasir
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 8:06 PM, José Antonio Rey 
> <joseeantonior at ubuntu.com <mailto:joseeantonior at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>
>     And sudo do-release-upgrade upgrades the release itself.
>
>     On 04/14/2013 07:03 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
>     > From the man pages for apt:-
>     >
>     > *sudo apt-get upgrade*
>     > *
>     > *
>     > *upgrade *is used to install the newest versions of all packages
>     > currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in
>     > /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with new
>     versions
>     > available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances are
>     > currently installed packages removed, or packages not already
>     installed
>     > retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed
>     packages
>     > that cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of
>     another
>     > package will be left at their current version. An update must be
>     > performed first so that apt-get knows that new versions of
>     packages are
>     > available.
>     >
>     > *sudo apt-get dist-upgrade*
>     > *
>     > **dist-upgrade* in addition to performing the function of
>     upgrade, also
>     > intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of
>     > packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system, and
>     it will
>     > attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of
>     less
>     > important ones if necessary. So, dist-upgrade command may remove
>     some
>     > packages. The /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of
>     locations
>     > from which to retrieve desired package files. See also
>     > apt_preferences(5) for a mechanism for overriding the general
>     settings
>     > for individual packages.
>     >
>     >
>     > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Istimsak Abdulbasir
>     > <saqman2060 at gmail.com <mailto:saqman2060 at gmail.com>
>     <mailto:saqman2060 at gmail.com <mailto:saqman2060 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Is this right command to update a ubuntu system?
>     >
>     >     sudo dist-upgrade #not sure if I spelled it right
>     >
>     >     What is the difference from apt-get upgrade and dist-upgrade?
>     >
>     >     Istimak Abdulbasir
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