Questions about apt-get and updating/upgrading from 14.04 to 14.04.1

[Nils Kassube]

Colin Law wrote:
> On 19 July 2014 16:26, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Robert Heller wrote:
> >> I have a question about apt-get and what is the correct process to
> >> upgrade a system from 14.04 to 14.04.1.
> >> 
> >> I know that normally one does 'apt-get update' then 'apt-get
> >> upgrade'
> >> to first update the repository listing files and then upgrade
> >> packages, generally for routine bug and security updates.  What I
> >> am
> >> not sure about is whether this is sufficient to do a point-level
> >> update or not.
> > 
> > Yes, it is sufficient. The point releases are more or less only
> > updates to the iso images which include the latest updates at the
> > time of their release.
> 
> Should it not be apt-get dist-upgrade rather than just upgrade?

Good point. Using dist-upgrade is certainly the right choice. Otherwise 
you don't get e.g. the latest kernel.


Nils