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Bug#608022: upgrade-reports: etch->squeeze upgrade, failed due to libc6, dpkg, xz-utils dependencies



On 12-26 13:53, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 04:39:03 +0100, Witold Baryluk wrote:
> 
> > Package: upgrade-reports
> > Severity: normal
> > Tags: squeeze
> > 
> > 
> > I found old machine with etch, and decided to upgrade it.
> > 
> > I had no really important services there, so i decided i will try
> > to upgrade directly from etch to squeeze.
> > 
> Upgrades skipping one release are not, and have never been, supported.
> 
> Cheers,
> Julien

I understand.


But on http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html

there is no explicit reference to etch, few times there is mention about
lenny, but only as starting assumption, to simplify text.
This chapter is even titled "Upgrades from previous releases"
(plural), suggesting it is supported somehow.

As my experiments show it mostly works. But one need to know what to do.
Explicitly writing that upgrade to lenny first from older releases
is needed to problem-free upgrade, will be small and good addition to release notes.

Thanks,
Witek


-- 
Witold Baryluk
JID: witold.baryluk // jabster.pl

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