No they will only install newer version of packages within the current distro release. Given that Bullseye has been superseded by Bookworm, Bullseye will only get only get critical/security fixes and rate of updates to packages will slow.Thanks BJ the one,
Right now, my version is # 11 (bullseye) and the commands are not installing # 12. So, in the future, will these 2 commands install the new version (ex. # 15) by themselves if they judge that time that they need a newer version?
You need to dig a bit deeper into "how things work" for it to make sense. But basically Debian goes with safe and stable and pretty much picks a version of packages to bundle into a release. Packages will only get bug fixes during the lifespan of the release, and will not get major version updates. On top of that RPL has decided to go with "named releases" in the repository config files so all the "apt update", "apt full-upgrade" commands will only work within the named release. As mentioned by rpdom, if you used meta names (stable, testing, etc) you would get whatever release is currently deemed to be in that status. Given that RPL adds additional functionality, that is tailored to a specific release, switching to that paradigm would break things.
Other distros, are "rolling release" which means that they will continuously move to newer versions of packages as soon as they deem them stable. This means you get more up to date versions but the system may not be as stable and predictable.
The recommended procedure to get a new distro release is to install it (via Pi Imager) on a new microSD card. You can then copy your account and any data files of interest form your old microSD card to the new microSD card. The simplest way to achieve this is to purchase a USB adaptor and plug the old microSD card into the adaptor and then plug the adaptor into a USB port on the Pi. NOTE: You need to ensure that the adaptor you purchase supports the capacity of the microSD card you want to use. Cheaper adaptors may not support the higher capacity cards.
Statistics: Posted by bjtheone — Thu Dec 21, 2023 1:33 pm