Re: [Hampshire] Using Aptitude

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Author: Sean Gibbins
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Using Aptitude
john lewis wrote:
> In case anyone who normally uses aptitude from the command line but
> hasn't done so recently there are some changes you might like to know
> about.
>
> 'aptitude upgrade' is now deprecated, use 'aptitude safe-upgrade'
> instead
>
> you can still use aptitude dist-upgrade but aptitude full-upgrade is
> preferred.
>
> there are probably other changes so you'll need to look at the man
> pages or apt documentation to see what has changed.
>
> Can't see any reason for the changes in the Debian changelog. I
> got the first warning not to use 'upgrade' only a couple of days ago.
>
>


Not working for me yet John:

slurms:/home/sean# aptitude safe-upgrade
Unknown command "safe-upgrade"
aptitude 0.4.4
...

Sean