[TriLUG] aptitude broke gaim!

[Rick DeNatale]

On 7/11/05, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org> wrote:
> > Okay.  It alllll seems to boil down to libaspell15c2.  Apparently
> > libaspell15c2 conflicts with libaspell15.  Um..  Why?  Shouldn't
> > libaspell15c2 be a replacement for libaspell15?
> 
> I'm not sure about aptitude, synaptic, etc.  But if you're using
> good-old-fashioned "apt", there is a difference between doing an
> "upgrade" and a "dist-upgrade".  UPGRADE simply brings the versions
> of all installed packages up to date.  DIST-UPGRADE will also pull
> in any new packages that are required by your upgraded packages.

So, when would you use one or the other?  In syaptic when you "mark
all upgrades" it brings up a dialog box offering the choice of either
upgrade or dist-upgrade which it calls smart upgrade on the button
which selects it.

Why would you do a "dumb" upgrade <G>

Seriously, should one always use dist-upgrade?