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.
USAGE¶
upgrade-system is run from the command line shell by the administrator.
It performs the following actions:
- •
- Resynchronize the list of available packages.
- •
- Upgrade all packages to their newest version.
- •
- Remove 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 © 2003-2004 Martin Zdrahal <martin.zdrahal@konflux.at>
Copyright © 2004,2012 Christoph Schindler <hop@30hopsmax.at>
Copyright © 2004-2012 Martin-Éric Racine
<martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>
LICENSE¶
GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <
http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
SEE ALSO¶
apt(8),
upgrade-system.conf(5).