What are Distribution updates?

[Martinx - ジェームズ]

Ah! Distribution Updates means that there is a new package available, for
your old Ubuntu 12.04...

In a Terminal, if you do:

apt-get upgrade # this will not install new packages but, if you do:

apt-get dist-upgrade # this will install new packages for current Ubuntu
version.

Normally, just "upgrade" doesn't install / remove packages but,
dist-upgrade does.

This doesn't mean that you'll upgrade from 12.04, to a entirely newer
version of Ubuntu. You'll remain with your current version.

Am I right guys!?   :-)


On 14 April 2014 18:55, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 04/14/2014 03:00 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>
>> On 14 April 2014 20:33, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Running Ubuntu 12.04
>>>
>>> Update manager just popped up with Distribution updates checked and
>>> under it
>>> was a file locking library for Python.
>>>
>>
>> I don't recognise those words on the Update Manager.  Could you take a
>> screen shot and post it here please.
>>
>> Colin
>>
>>
> Here is a DropBox link:
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/105949571/UpdateManager.png
>
>
>
>
>  It most likely has happened before but I don't recall seeing it. Googling
>>> on
>>> Ubuntu Distribution updates pulls up a bunch of stuff about distribution
>>> upgrades, which I don't want to do.
>>>
>>> So what is a Distribution update?
>>>
>>> Thanks,  Jim
>>>
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