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On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 12:17:05PM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Gregory Nowak via Dng - 14.02.25, 07:16:56 MEZ:
> > On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 01:06:56AM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
> > > Long-time linux user, but new to Devuan. Treat these as newbie
> > > questions.
> > >
> > > 1) Is "apt full-upgrade" equivalant to
> > > apt update
> > > apt upgrade
> >
> > No, upgrade upgrades installed packages as long as they don't rely on
> > new not yet installed packages, full-upgrade will pull in new packages
> > if necessary to upgrade currently installed packages.
>
> In addition to that "full-upgrade" would also remove packages that
> conflict with upgraded packages while "upgrade" does not.
>
> Both "upgrade" variants upgrade packages while "update" upgrades the local
> package list against (remote) sources.
>
> Best,
> --
> Martin
>
>

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