On Fri 14/Feb/2025 19:27:20 +0100 al3xu5 wrote:
> Fri, 14 Feb 2025 01:06:56 -0500 - Walter Dnes <waltdnes@???>:
>
>> Long-time linux user, but new to Devuan. Treat these as newbie
>> questions.
>>
>> 1) Is "apt full-upgrade" equivalant to
>> apt update
>> apt upgrade
>
> apt update && upgrade
>
> synchronize the indices of the locally installed packages with the
> repositories in use (update) and install the latest versions available
> (upgrade)


Not literally:
# apt update && upgrade
Get:1 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus InRelease [43.0 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-updates InRelease [33.4 kB]
...
Fetched 1,205 kB in 4s (285 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
13 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
bash: upgrade: command not found


> apt full-upgrade
>
> as before but, if it is required to update the packages to the new versions,
> it also install the additional packages that are necessary to resolve any new
> dependencies


The man page paragraph of apt's full-upgrade is quite different than the one for apt-get's dist-upgrade. Aren't they the same thing?


Best
Ale
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