[TriLUG] Kernel oops after upgrade in Debian

[Pat Regan]

Alan Porter wrote:
> A simple 'apt-get upgrade' (instead of 'dist-upgrade')
> will update each package that you currently have
> installed, but it will not pull in any new dependencies
> that may have appeared in the meantime.  This can
> cause some mis-matches between libraries and binaries.

apt never installs packages without also installing the dependencies.
"apt-get upgrade" will never remove a currently installed package and it
will not install any packages that aren't currently installed.  That
also means that if a newer version of a package has a new dependency
that is not currently installed, then that package will be held back.

"apt-get dist-upgrade" will pretty much do whatever it takes to make
sure everything is up to date.  This may involve removing packages with
dependencies that cannot be met.

Pat
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