Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?"

From	Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?"
Date	2020-10-21 08:50 +0200
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On Ma, 20 oct 20, 10:44:17, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 20, 2020 05:10:33 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Lu, 19 oct 20, 20:21:45, The Wanderer wrote:
> > > To install that package and let the upgrade go forward, you have a few
> > > options. The simplest, and the one I go with myself, would be to run
> > > 
> > > $ apt-get dist-upgrade
> > 
> > I disagree, the simplest and arguably slightly safer is
> > 
> >     apt upgrade
> 
> I agree, for an additional reason -- iiuc, if you are using an older version 
> of Debian, dist-upgrade will attempt to upgrade to the current version, which 
> could cause problems.

Actually you will just end up with a partially upgraded system, which 
may be worse.

Your best course of action at that point is likely to follow-up with 
dist-upgrade to switch completely to the next release.

This two-step distribution upgrade is actually a documented work around 
for some issues on upgrades to the next release.

https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#minimal-upgrade

Kind regards,
Andrei
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kernel security upgrade - "rebase?" Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2020-10-20 02:10 +0200
  Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?" The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-10-20 02:30 +0200
    Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?" David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-10-20 03:20 +0200
    Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?" Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2020-10-20 03:50 +0200
    Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?" Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-10-20 11:20 +0200
      Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?" Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2020-10-20 13:40 +0200
        Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?" Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-10-20 15:20 +0200
      Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?" rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-10-20 16:50 +0200
        Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?" Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-10-21 08:50 +0200
          Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?" David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-10-21 20:10 +0200
            Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?" rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-10-22 01:10 +0200

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