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On Fri, 7 Aug 2026 09:38:30 +0200 Uwe =?utf-8?Q?Kleine-K=C3=B6nig?= &lt;ukleinek@debian.org&gt; wrote:
&gt; check_apt can be made to use dist-upgrade instead of upgrade using `-d`.
&gt; I wonder if that would be the saner default.

That's something to take up with upstream.

In the mean time just tune your configuration to make it do what you want.

Kind Regards,

Bas

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