Re: linux-kernel needs dist-upgrade (again)

From	Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: linux-kernel needs dist-upgrade (again)
Date	2019-06-22 20:10 +0200
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Le 03/05/2019 à 15:32, Greg Wooledge a écrit :
> On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 06:10:45AM +0000, Bonno Bloksma wrote:
>> I would like to understand why apt-get upgrade holds backup the upgrade of the Linux kernel.
> 
> Because the kernel ABI changed, and a new package has to be installed.
> It's not just an upgrade of an existing package.
> 
> By default, "apt upgrade" will allow new packages to be installed, but
> "apt-get upgrade" will not.
> 
> You can use "apt-get dist-upgrade".  Or you can use
> "apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade".

Or simply "apt upgrade", which can install new packages (but cannot 
remove installed packages, unlike "apt-get dist-upgrade").

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Re: linux-kernel needs dist-upgrade (again) Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-05-03 15:40 +0200
  Re: linux-kernel needs dist-upgrade (again) john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2019-05-03 15:50 +0200
    Re: linux-kernel needs dist-upgrade (again) andreimpopescu@gmail.com - 2019-06-22 15:30 +0200
  Re: linux-kernel needs dist-upgrade (again) Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-06-22 20:10 +0200

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