Faulty Software Updater on 16.04

[MR ZenWiz]

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 11:56 AM, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> and my understanding is that
>> apt-get dist-upgrade
>> upgrades the distribution, or version, to the latest current one;
>> hence, 16.04 to 17.10 ; LTS to non-LTS.
>>
>> In the context of all of the material in that message, it inferred,
>> or, implied, that
>> apt-get dist-upgrade = apt full-upgrade
>>
>> Simple me, simple logic.
>>
> You're misreading the command - dist-upgrade mean to upgrade the
> current distribution (in-place, not to a newer one).
>
> See https://askubuntu.com/questions/194651/why-use-apt-get-upgrade-instead-of-apt-get-dist-upgrade
>
> MR
Also see https://askubuntu.com/questions/215267/will-apt-get-dist-upgrade-upgrade-my-system-to-newer-version

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