I almost always run an upgrade twice just to make sure there wasn't an error that I missed. Since I've been doing that I've never have a broken system when I reboot. The vast majority of broken systems I've seen come from systems that for one reason or another only partially upgraded and then the machine was rebooted leaving it in a rather nasty state. I've also noticed that a lot of the graphical package managers make that situation worse by telling you the system needs to be rebooted when the upgrade didn't finish successfully. Brian Cluff On 04/02/2015 10:03 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > As a result of this i usually run an apt-get update/upgrade after i > successfully complete one just to make sure i didn't miss anything > (might as well while i am there) > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Brian Cluff > wrote: > > The package system works by copying the database of available software > from the server to your computer. At that moment all your packaging > software knows about is what is in it's local copy of the database. > > You probably did one upgrade in synaptic based on a slightly older > version of the package database, and when that was done you got a > fresh copy of the database and were then able to upgrade to all the > changes that were made during the time between the first and second > time you downloaded the database. > > It's also possible that there were simply new programs added while you > were doing the first upgrade. There is so much software in the > repositories that it's extremely likely they are any moment > something you have loaded is getting updated. > > Brian Cluff > > On 04/01/2015 10:56 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > > yeah. but why did apt-get upgrade it after I had already upgraded > with synaptic? > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:07 PM, James Mcphee > >> wrote: > > the update refreshes your package cache. that would mean there were > changes between the last time and this time you updated the cache. > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Michael Havens > > >> wrote: > > you know, I merrily did an upgrade with synaptic and the little icon > by the clock showed that all was well. for some reason I decided to > run 'apt-get update' 'apt-get upgrade' and more files upgraded. > why?? :-)~MIKE~(-: > > ------------------------------__--------------------- PLUG-discuss > mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, > or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com > > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- PLUG-discuss > mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, > or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- PLUG-discuss > mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > To subscribe, > unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss