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Re: [LUG] Slight confusion over updating Debian Sid!

 

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:58:05 +0100
Neil Williams wrote:

Any thoughts as to why these machines seem so out-of-sync?  As I said,
they're both looking to the same mirrors!

But they are not the same locally.

It makes no odds really, you can let dist-upgrade proceed and you'll end up 
with the same system. If you want the reassurance of a similar package list 
on each, each must be updated and upgraded before the dist-upgrade command.

OK, I thought that "apt-get dist-upgrade" was a 'safer' option than simply "apt-get 
upgrade".  If simply doing a "apt-get dist-upgrade" will bring them both inline, 
then I will just stick with that.

The reason I don't use cron for this purpose is that on occasion "apt-get 
dist-upgrade" has said that it'll remove packages that I really don't want it to 
remove, so I am happier just running it myself ever now and then.  Would a simple 
"apt-get upgrade" (instead of "apt-get dist-upgrade") solve this?

Grant.
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