[Techtalk] debian upgrade

[Raquel]

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:59:48 +0200
Anne Wainwright <anotheranne at fables.co.za> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I just upgraded my distro. 6 hour download!, via the Synaptic gui
> using the smart update option. If I am right I should now have a
> fully updated version of Etch? How can I definitively check that
> that is so?
> 
> have a nice Sunday, here in ZA the sun is shining, a nice warm day
> and I am just going to sit out and chill under a tree with my
> pre-lunch sherry  :)
> 
> thanks
> Anne
> 

I use aptitude to update/upgrade my 5 computers so I'm not familiar
with Synaptic.  However, I started up Synaptic and found where you
can locate all "upgradeable" packages in "Settings -> Filters ->
Upgradeable (upstream)".  I'm not certain that will work though.

With aptitude all I do at the command line (as root) is:
# aptitude update
# aptitude upgrade

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