Re: upgrade-dist to lenny vs. reinstall

[Don Montgomery <donm@methodbydesign.com>]

well, thanks for that ;-)

On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> 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

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