On Wednesday 17 November 2004 11.55, Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: [edit sources.list and] > Then do > > # apt-get update > ... > # apt-get dist-uprgade > > Then wait and hope for the best.. If something breaks, I would purge it > and everything related, and reinstall the packages. I'd recommend apt-get -u dist-upgrade (in an xterm, the list will probably be several screens) and have a quick look for anything suspicious. Especially: it could be trying to uninstall half your system - if it tries to do that, try to find (or guess) the critical packages and use apt-get install to upgrade them manually (with all their dependencies) until apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't remove anything that you don't want removed. Another issue: on some platforms and for some libc6/kernel combinations, you may need to upgrade the kernel, as the new libc6 will not run with an old kernel. Not sure what platforms and versions are affected, though. I don't want to say that the upgrade is difficult, but better pay attention rather than having to re-install the system. greetings -- vbi (Debian: the Linux you only install once. potato, in my case. And countless systems have since started as clones of that original system) -- TODO: apt-get install signify
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