Re: Supported upgrade path

[Luigi Gangitano <luigi@debian.org>]

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Ciao Marco,

Il giorno 17/nov/06, alle ore 15:19, Marco d'Itri ha scritto:
> On Nov 17, Luigi Gangitano <luigi@debian.org> wrote:
> > Since Debian doesn't support, nor test, upgrades from versions older
> > than the stable-1 version is it correct to remove upgrade checks for
> > versions older than the one in stable-1?
> It depends on how much important is your package and what happens  
> after
> you remove these checks.
> If really ugly things would happen then I suggest you make preinst  
> fail
> if the installed version is too old.

No, mostly these check are for obsoleted options in configuration  
file. Worst thing that can happen is that the daemon won't start  
anymore until the configuration is fixed.

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