[Gllug] Back-out plans on Debian/Redhat?

John Winters john at sinodun.org.uk
Sat Mar 7 13:45:49 UTC 2009


Khusro Jaleel wrote:
> I am NOT going from Etch to Lenny, just to be clear.
> 
> I thought even within Etch for example, when applying the updates, you
> should do a 'apt-get dist-upgrade' or 'aptitude dist-upgrade'? Not
> just an 'apt-get upgrade'? Maybe I'm wrong about that?

As Bruce says, you wouldn't normally expect a "dist-upgrade" to be
necessary if you're just tracking a stable Debian distribution.

If you do an "apt-get upgrade" on the system now, does it show any
packages as being held back?

Regards,
John
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