UPGRADE-SYSTEM

Section: Debian GNU/Linux (8) Updated: February 16th 2004 Local index Up

NAME

upgrade-system - APT front-end to automate system upgrades

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.

OPTIONS

None.

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.
•: Clean retrieved archives off the APT cache.
•: Remove orphan configurations and packages (disabled by default).

FILES

/etc/upgrade-system.conf

SECURITY

Because upgrade-system is an APT front-end, all precautions relating to APT configuration should be observed. See upgrade-system.conf(5).

COPYRIGHT

LICENSE

License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

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