Is a dist-upgrade rather than an upgrade the right way to upgrade Siduction?

[vonh]

Is a apt-get dist-upgrade rather than an apt-get upgrade the right way to upgrade Siduction?

What is the conceptual difference between the two?

[unklarer]

http://manual.siduction.org/sys-admin-apt#apt-upgrade

[musca]

Hello vonh,

yes, only "apt-get dist-upgrade" is able to introduce those changes where an outdated package gets replaced by a new package.

"apt-get upgrade" will never remove packages, but in transitions this is intentional.

greetings
musca

[towo]

"apt-get upgrade" will never remove packages, but in transitions this is intentional.

No, in transitions apt upgrade is way better.

[musca]

Hello towo,

please let me rephrase: ..., but in transitions removing packages is intentional.

For the rest I agree with you, "apt upgrade" installs new packages where "apt-get upgrade" needs an extra option --with-new-pkgs.

greetings
musca