:: [DNG] upgrade and dist-upgrade
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Lähettäjä: Hendrik Boom
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On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 11:03:18AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Sat, 13 May 2017 01:06:38 -1000
> Joel Roth <joelz@???> wrote:
>
> > Long before three weeks ago. I don't usually upgrade or
> > dist-upgrade unless there is some particular need.
> > Probably I'm not alone, even if that is not considered
> > best practice.
>
> I never dist-upgrade. From what I hear, it breaks things. If I feel the
> need to dist-upgrade, it's probably time to back up, reformat the
> disks, and clean-install a later version.


Do apt and aptitude have the same meanings for upgrade and dist-upgrade?
Or is there a subtle difference between the two tools?

-- hendrik