can I "just" apt-get dist-upgrade

[robert rottermann]

Oliver Grawert schrieb:
> hi,
> Am Donnerstag, den 17.09.2009, 00:39 +0200 schrieb Markus Schönhaber:
>> Oliver Grawert:
>>
>>> Am Mittwoch, den 16.09.2009, 21:10 +0200 schrieb robert rottermann:
>>>> I am new to ubuntu and inherited the support of an Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS box.
>>>>
>>>> on that computer there was never an upgrade executed.
>>>>
>>>> now I am a bit afraid to just apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade.
>>> right, dont do that ever on an ubuntu system you want to move from
>>> release to release,
>> OK, but what makes you think that the OP wants to upgrade to a newer
>> Ubuntu release?
>> Actually, I'd consider apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade a rather
>> sensible thing to do, since "6.06.1" seems to indicate that the box
>> hasn't been updated for quite some time ("6.06.2" was released January
>> 2008).
> 
> indeed you are right ... apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade for
> getting security fixes and the like should indeed be done regulary on
> servers, i definately made a wrong assumption here ... sorry for that
> 
> ciao
> 	oli
> 
no I am a bit confused. I do *not* want to do a version update but only security
fixes.

is my asumption wrong that this is what

 apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

is doing?

robert