upgrade-system(8)
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 index of available packages.
· Upgrade all packages to their newest version.
· Clean retrieved archives off the APT cache.
· Remove no longer needed orphan packages.
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).
AUTHORS
Martin Zdrahal <martin.zdrahal@konflux.at> made the original in 2003.
Martin-Eric Racine <q-funk@iki.fi> wrote this manual page, packaged the
Debian archive and added various enhancements in 2004.