[mythtvnz] Updates for Dummies

[Robert Fisher]

Thanks for the replies.
I will wait until someone else tries it before me. My guinea pig nature has
burnt me before.

Rob Fisher

On 14 Sep 2016 9:53 pm, "Andrew Ruthven" <andrew at etc.gen.nz> wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> If a new version of a package you have installed has an additional
> dependency, then an `apt-get upgrade` won't pull that in. However, a
> `apt-get dist-upgrade` turns off some of the guards that prevent new
> packages being installed.
>
> As for safety, it's always a good idea to check what apt-get will do
> before you hit "y". There is a chance that a new version of a package
> might conflict with something you really care about and that conflict
> might cause the other package(s) to be removed. A normal upgrade would
> refuse to install the newer version, but a dist-upgrade would happily
> install the new version and remove the other packages.
>
> Good luck!
>
> On Wed, 2016-09-14 at 21:42 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote:
> > Safe?
> > Robert Fisher
> >
> > On 14 Sep 2016 8:25 p.m., "Stephen Worthington" <stephen_agent at jsw.ge
> > n.nz> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 14 Sep 2016 17:41:11 +1200, you wrote:
> > >
> > > >I just ran........
> > > >
> > > >sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
> > > >
> > > >As well as the updates I get a message.....
> > > >
> > > >The following packages have been kept back:
> > > >
> > > >mysql-server-5.7 mysql-server-core-5.7
> > > >
> > > >What should I do, if anything?
> > >
> > > apt-get dist-upgrade
> > >
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