From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate001.proxmox.com (gate001.proxmox.com [IPv6:2a0f:8001:1:32::40]) by lore.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6043E1FF0E0 for ; Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:26:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from gate001.proxmox.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gate001.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id E34032147A; Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:26:22 +0200 (CEST) From: Nicolas Frey To: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com Subject: [PATCH proxmox-backup 1/1] faq: add warning about using apt upgrade Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 16:25:49 +0200 Message-ID: <20260709142549.362886-1-n.frey@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 1 AWL -1.138 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address DMARC_MISSING 0.1 Missing DMARC policy KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment (newer systems) KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY 1 Sending domain does not have any anti-forgery methods RDNS_NONE 1.274 Delivered to internal network by a host with no rDNS SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_NONE 0.001 SPF: sender does not publish an SPF Record Message-ID-Hash: V362M72DWBWM3Z3PACE5NFM7MBPFGJG3 X-Message-ID-Hash: V362M72DWBWM3Z3PACE5NFM7MBPFGJG3 X-MailFrom: nfrey@miso.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; loop; banned-address; emergency; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.10 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox Backup Server development discussion List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: as it has increasingly come up in enterprise support and is generally an easy foot gun for people coming from other Debian-based distros. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Frey --- Notes: A similar patch that adds this warning was recently applied to PVE, see commit 86bddb2e3d39 in `pve-docs` for more context docs/faq.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 4ae4573c5..e9ba32609 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ through the CLI with: apt update apt full-upgrade +.. warning:: As Proxmox Backup Server uses a rolling release model on + top of Debian, performing an `apt upgrade` may result in a partially + upgraded or broken package state. This is because `apt full-upgrade` + can also remove existing packages to satisfy dependencies if needed, + while `apt upgrade` cannot. + .. note:: Always ensure you correctly setup the :ref:`package repositories ` and only continue with the actual upgrade if `apt update` did not hit any error. -- 2.47.3