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Re: upgrade-dist to lenny vs. reinstall



On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 13:40 -0500, Don Montgomery wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> apt-get upgrade-dist has always been deprecated for amd64, 
> due (at least indirectly) to the fact that amd64 was not a 
> mainstream arch prior to etch.
> 
> Now that etch is mainstream, is upgrade-dist from etch to 
> lenny asking for trouble, or is it still best to do a 
> fresh install?  If it is OK, are there any particular 
> gotchas to watch out for?
> 
> Thanks, Don



Biggest one I know is making sure you use "dist-upgrade" rather than
"upgrade-dist" ...   ;-)


Kenward
-- 
The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I
have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than
in the church.    --Ferdinand Magellan




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