When did the command become a full-upgrade

I just found this details on a Raspberry Pi link. When was the full-upgrade option introduced. I seem to recall the basic upgrade command did dependencies.

It has been close to six months since I played with a Pi. It might be even longer. Getting hardware is so difficult I tend to stay away from projects that use the single board computer. It does cause me some tears.

Maybe it has been there all along and I just never used it. That is hard to believe knowing the projects I have done in the past. Anyone have any insight into the command? I'm starting a fresh build and could use the input.

Gough Lui over 2 years ago
Probably good to refer to this:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/770135/apt-full-upgrade-versus-apt-get-dist-upgrade

Traditionally, I'm an:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo apt-get autoremove

sudo apt-get clean

kind of person when it comes to upgrading everything package-wise, even though it is a bit of a convoluted way of doing it. Having it as separate commands is more reliable and predictable especially if a dependency issue occurs.

- Gough
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colporteur over 2 years ago in reply to Gough Lui

Your post twigged some dormant brain cells.

Does full-upgrade perform a version change and the upgrade just changes within the version? The date on your link suggests this is not something new. I rarely do a version change unless I am confident the changes won't impact the installation.

I have a few Pi's running older versions no longer supported. They have configurations that would break if moved to another version. Maybe I knew the difference all along just didn't remember.
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mayermakes over 2 years ago in reply to colporteur

tmk full-upgrade includes distribution upgrades and kernel changes, but upgrade stays within the current distribution.

i think dependencies are updated with both.
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colporteur over 2 years ago in reply to mayermakes

Thanks that sounds about right.

I'm living the understanding if you don't use it, you lose it or at the least forget you even knew it:)
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mayermakes over 2 years ago in reply to colporteur

I never used it apart from one time when I actually wanted to do a dist upgrade ;) butn owadays i run the individual commands individually
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cstanton over 2 years ago in reply to Gough Lui
Gough Lui said:
Traditionally, I'm an:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo apt-get autoremove

sudo apt-get clean

Same, it usually helps me to catch any broken packages or dependencies that I can fix before it goes full-on self destruct mode and clearly shows at which stage it's got the problem.
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colporteur over 2 years ago in reply to cstanton

I typically used the first two and the second to last command when I have encounter problems. I confess that having difficulty getting hardware has limited my exposure to command line interaction. It is true what you don't use you lose:(
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