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| From | John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: aptitude safe-upgrade vs apt-get upgrade. |
| Date | 2020-10-26 16:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <B4c8x-7wg-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <B3S9Q-3R8-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <B3Vr3-5XZ-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <B4bvQ-7iT-13@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | Dancing Horse Hill |
Andrei writes: > dpkg does its own dependency checking, in addition to APT (the > software, not the command), and will prevent any inconsistencies > unless you use one of the --force switches. What it does not do is resolve dependencies. Apt recursively resolves dependencies, installing them as required. It also detects conflicts and offers to resolve them as well as breaking loops. Dpkg is safe but can be rather frustrating. -- John Hasler jhasler@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA
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