Upgrade sources - newbie

[Rob Weir]

On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:45:00AM +0100, Darren Wheatley said
> If I run a general "apt-get upgrade" or whatever the command is, will it
> install lots of "universal" unsupported stuff? If so, is this wise?

"apt-get upgrade" will *only* update package you have already installed.
Sometimes packages will be "kept back", this is because the new version
Depends on something that isn't installed.  "apt-get dist-upgrade" will
upgrade package versions, and install new packages if needed.

> How do I keep my system as up to date as possible but as stable as possible?

Stuff going into warty now should only be bug fixes, so upgrading should
be ok.  apt-listchanges is a great tool to see what bugs upgrades fix,
and apt-listbugs is a great way to see which ones they don't ;-)

-rob

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