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Re: upgrading woody -> sarge on Sparc 2.



On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 07:58:44AM -0800, shark@gulfnet.sd64.bc.ca wrote:
> There is an old Sparc 2 here, happily running Woody with Apache 
> and Postfix.
> 
> Seems that a simple technique for upgrading to Sarge is to replace 
> every occurance of "woody" with "sarge" in /etc/apt/sources.list 
> and then update and install in dselect.  Is this likely to be 
> successful?

It would probably be best to follow the release notes/installation
instructions, especially on an old machine like this.  You might want to
pay particular attention to the parts that say '...back up your system
before upgrading....'

On questionable architectures, I created an NFS root first, then
upgraded.  If it went OK, I then copied that back to the disk.  If it
doesn't, no harm done.  Takes a little longer, but takes some of the
nail biting out of it, too.  I did that on both my SS20 and my dual PPC
604 machine.  If something goes wrong you can just start over.

> Will a Woody package run in Sarge?  If so I can work in stages.  
> Upgrade the US main first, then the US non-free, then US contribs 
> and etc.

I guess that would depend on the package, but most do.  You would be
better off upgrading to sarge and then downgrading those packages to the
woody version.

> Are Apache and Postfix working OK in Sparc Sarge?

Sarge is 'stable', remember? ~:^)

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