apt-get dist-upgrade

[Abhishek Dixit]

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 11:33 PM, Alan Pope <popey at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 3 March 2011 17:39, Abhishek Dixit <abhidixit87 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> With respect to a link here
>> http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/linux_system_administration/managing_debian_software_with_apt/ch-apt-get.en_004.html
>> I wanted to know if
>> apt-get -u dist-upgrade will update the OS version.
>> If I am doing just a normal update (not changing from 10.04 to 10.10)
>> then apt-get full-upgrade
>> or what should I do?
>>
>
> If you're running Ubuntu then I'd use the official Ubuntu documentation:-
>
> http://help.ubuntu.com/
> http://help.ubuntu.com/community/
> https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/keeping-safe/C/updates.html
>
> The equivalent of using update manager is:-
>
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> This will keep your system updated, and will not upgrade it to the
> next release of Ubuntu.
>
Ohhh thanks a lot for this information.Internet seems to be full of
misleading information and it is really difficult to pull the right
thing.