It seems like on Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 12:01:30PM -0700, Victor Odhner scribbled:
Orig Msg> So, what you're saying here is that there's no non-destructive way
Orig Msg> to upgrade a new distribution?

<PERSONAL EXPERIENCE>
Only Debian & Debian  based distros,
can do upgrades in place without wreaking 
havoc on your configuration files.
</PERSONAL EXPERIENCE>

I would be interested in hearing  other 
peoples experiences with system upgrades
that didn't involve reboots or 
reconstructing config files from backups
by hand.

Orig Msg> But don't these Linux distros have any sort of an 'upgrade' and/or
Orig Msg> 'competitive upgrade' option?  I've heard advice to avoid Microsoft
Orig Msg> upgrades when possible due to accumulations of junk in the registry.
Orig Msg> But I'd think one could build a Linux installer a little smarter,
Orig Msg> since Linux apps aren't so mystically entwined with the system.

Debian upgrades:
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

Debian installs:
apt-get update
apt-get install <package name>

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