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'dist-upgrade' vs Lite Update
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04-06-2019, 07:09 PM
Is there any difference between using the Lite Update tool and using the 'dist-upgrade' command?
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04-06-2019, 10:29 PM
I believe so.  The upgrade may include changes in repository information and other stuff that "dist-upgrade" may not include.
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04-07-2019, 01:06 AM
(04-06-2019, 10:29 PM)Artim link Wrote: I believe so.  The upgrade may include changes in repository information and other stuff that "dist-upgrade" may not include.
It would be intuitive for the Lite Update to have extended or maybe better tailored functions than the 'dist-upgrade', but I can hardly recall any time when one run right after the other would add anything further. On the other hand, if 'dist-upgrade' added anything beyond the Lite Update, it could basically spoil the carefully selected out list of things, even if run once, summoning an entire mass of leftover updates.
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04-07-2019, 01:47 AM
What is 'Lite Update'? I can't address this unless I understand the content.
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04-07-2019, 02:40 AM
(04-07-2019, 01:47 AM)Jerry link Wrote: What is 'Lite Update'? I can't address this unless I understand the content.
It is simply the "Install Updates" thing, not to be mistaken with "Lite Upgrade" though.
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04-07-2019, 02:45 AM
dist-upgrade is used in Install Updates. We don't use apt-upgrade because:

Quote:dist-upgrade in addition to performing the function of apt-upgrade,
    also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions
    of packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system, and
    it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the
    expense of less important ones if necessary. So, dist-upgrade
    command may remove some packages. The /etc/apt/sources.list file
    contains a list of locations from which to retrieve desired package
    files. See also apt_preferences(5) for a mechanism for overriding
    the general settings for individual packages.

This will never change and is the way we will always do our Updates.
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04-07-2019, 03:14 AM
Great, good to know, just asking.
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05-08-2019, 05:10 PM
You mean, upgrading the system? But what does it differ between 'dist-upgrade' command and the Lite Update?
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05-09-2019, 04:33 AM (This post was last modified: 05-09-2019, 04:36 AM by m654321.)
(05-08-2019, 05:10 PM)MS link Wrote: You mean, upgrading the system? But what does it differ between 'dist-upgrade' command and the Lite Update?
Jerry answered this question in the first line of reply #5: the Install Updates app, under Favourites in the Menu  (which you refer to as Lite Update), uses the dist-upgrade command to carry out updating
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05-09-2019, 05:38 AM
(05-09-2019, 04:33 AM)m654321 link Wrote: [quote author=MS link=topic=6368.msg47041#msg47041 date=1557335425]
You mean, upgrading the system? But what does it differ between 'dist-upgrade' command and the Lite Update?
Jerry answered this question in the first line of reply #5: the Install Updates app, under Favourites in the Menu  (which you refer to as Lite Update), uses the dist-upgrade command to carry out updating
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Huh, thanks.
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