On Thursday 06 November 2025 at 11:49:48, Didier Kryn wrote:

> Le 05/11/2025 à 21:43, ael via Dng a écrit :
> >
> > It does what it says on the tin: "dist-upgrade" -- upgrades to the next
> > distribution (subject to sources...)
> >
> > apt upgrade stays on the current distribution. apt full-upgrade is the
> > equivalent to dist-upgrade and allows a new distribution. Roughly.
>

>      Ah! I always wondered what apt brought in that was better than
> apt-get. Is there anything other than a different and misleading wording?

I don't believe that was the distinction being made.

As far as I know, "apt upgrade" and "apt-get upgrade" do the same thing as
each other.

Similarly, "apt dist-upgrade" and "apt-get dist-upgrade" do the same thing as
each other.

The difference is that using "upgrade" stays on the current release version,
whereas "dist-upgrade" takes you to the next release.


Antony.

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