Re: Fwd: Notice: A version of Debian GNU/Linux is nearing the end of its support life cycle
On 03/29/2013 09:11 PM, James Bromberger wrote:
> I've generally taken most times I've spun up a 6.0.6 and the first
> thing *I* do is:
>
> *apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade**-y**
> *
> This ensures I've pulled in all current security updates; that's the
> only difference between 6.0.6 and 6.0.7; indeed, /upgrade /and
> /dist-upgrade/ should work the same between security roll-ups; ther
> shouldn't be any packages that require the installation of packages
> that would otherwise conflict - which may be the case between major
> releases (eg, removing /previously/ "cricital" marked packages when a
> new major version of something no longer requires it).
Well, that would be right, except that we have stuff like
bind which often pulls new libraries.
Thomas
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