NAME¶
upgrade-system - Command for upgrading and sanitizing a Debian system
SYNOPSIS¶
upgrade-system
DESCRIPTION¶
upgrade-system is an APT front-end that simplifies regular upgrading of
Debian systems, only requiring an administrator's intervention whenever
updated packages necessitate the configuration of new features.
The command sequentially performs the following operations:
- •
- Synchronize the list of available Debian packages.
- •
- Upgrade all installed packages to their newest versions.
- •
- Recursively uninstall all obsolete package dependencies.
- •
- Clean retrieved archives off the APT cache.
ENVIRONMENT¶
Setting the
FLAUSCH environment variable enables useful advanced system
sanitization features. See
upgrade-system.conf(5) for more details.
FILES¶
- /etc/upgrade-system.conf
AUTHORS¶
Copyright © 2004-2012 Martin-Éric Racine
<martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>
Copyright © 2004,2012 Christoph Schindler <hop@30hopsmax.at>
Copyright © 2003-2004 Martin Zdrahal <martin.zdrahal@konflux.at>
LICENSE¶
GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <
http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
SEE ALSO¶
apt(8),
upgrade-system.conf(5).