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Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

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On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 1:24 PM Paul Sutton <zleap@disroot.org> wrote:

>
> On 25/01/2019 19:11, Kent West wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 1:10 PM Kent West <westk@acu.edu
> > <mailto:westk@acu.edu>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     $ apt update
> >     $ apt dist-upgrade
> >
> >
> > Sorry, that should have been
> >
> > # sudo apt update
> > # sudo apt dist-upgrade
> >
> > or, as root,
> >
> > # apt update
> > # apt dist-upgrade
> >
> > --
> > Kent West                    <")))><
> > Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
>
>
> So in this context what is the differences between upgrade and
> dist-upgrade ? I just used apt upgrade and generally use apt
> dist-upgrade to go between the main Debian releases,  as in 8 -> 9.
>
> Given the apt bug does dist-upgrade do something else.?
>
>
If the vulnerability to which you refer is the "lateral movement" bug, it's
been around quite a while (2009?), but only recently discovered. It's also
been fixed (to my understanding) as of apt 1.4.9, which you say you have.

So the dist-upgrade does not do anything else "given the apt bug".

The basic difference between upgrade and dist-upgrade is that upgrade
doesn't remove existing or pull in not-installed stuff, whereas
dist-upgrade might. The former is good when you need a box to undergo
minimal change; the latter is good when you just want things to "work". The
former is probably more suitable for servers, the latter for end-user
computers.

I usually do "dist-upgrade" out of habit (as I spend most of my time on
end-user computers); but "upgrade" might be, at least theoretically, safer.


-- 
Kent West                    <")))><
Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com

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I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 Pete Geenhuizen <pete@geenhuizen.net> - 2019-01-25 18:40 +0100
  Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2019-01-25 19:00 +0100
  Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-25 19:00 +0100
  Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2019-01-25 19:10 +0100
  Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2019-01-25 20:20 +0100
    Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2019-01-25 20:20 +0100
      Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 Paul Sutton <zleap@disroot.org> - 2019-01-25 20:30 +0100
        Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2019-01-25 20:40 +0100
          Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-05-25 09:20 +0200
      Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-01-25 20:40 +0100
        Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2019-01-25 20:50 +0100
      Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 Katnip <katnip62@pm.me> - 2019-01-26 00:50 +0100
        Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-26 01:40 +0100
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          Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2019-01-26 03:10 +0100
          Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 Katnip <katnip62@pm.me> - 2019-01-26 03:30 +0100
            Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7 Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2019-01-26 03:40 +0100
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