by Telemachus » 2009-05-24 00:48
Where did you "hear" this? You make it sound like these are two different commands in apt-get. Is that what you mean? Aptitude has been using new command names: full-upgrade and safe-upgrade for awhile now. I could imagine apt-get switching names as well, but I'm using Lenny, so I don't know about newer versions of apt-get.
In any case, the reason for Aptitude's name-switch, I think, is that dist-grade was always a bit confusing. You don't only use that command to upgrade from one branch of Debian to another. The name-change is clearer (even if it does require more typing - but that's why the Unix gods invented aliases).
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