Re: apt-get upgrade - excessive list?

From: [KS] (lists04_at_fastmail.fm)
Date: 08/17/05

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    Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:57:59 -0400
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    Yoav Felberbaum wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I'm currently trying to upgrade PHP4 on a production server that hasn't
    > been exactly maintained very well. However, if I do "apt-get - u upgrade
    > php4" , I get an humbungous list of stuff to update.
    >
    > Doing an "apt-get -u dist-upgrade" is EVEN worse, with apt-get claiming
    > I need to "REMOVE" apache, and install "NEW" apache2, something I can't
    > really do on a production server on a whim. Especially seeing as all I
    > want to do is to upgrade PHP 4.2.1 to 4.4.0.
    >
    > TIA!
    >
    > Y.
    >
    > Output follows.......
    > # apt-get -u dist-upgrade

    Try the one below and see what it says. The upgrade and dist-upgrade
    commands apply to the system rather than one single package.

    $ apt-get -s install php4

    /KS 

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