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In the typical case, you only need dist-upgrade for upgrading to a new Debian release (which is every 2 years or so and is big enough news you'll probably hear
by agwa 13y ago
In the typical case, you only need dist-upgrade for upgrading to a new Debian release (which is every 2 years or so and is big enough news you'll probably hear about it). When there's a security update for the kernel, a regular upgrade/safe-upgrade[1] is sufficient to get it. Of course you must schedule a reboot yourself.
[1] "upgrade" if using apt-get, "safe-upgrade" if using aptitude
- e12e 13y agoAh -- I usually use "apt-get safe-upgrade" for scheduled upgrades, and aptitude for all manual work. So I had the effect right, but the commands mixed up :-)