Re: upgrading to slink
I have written a page for how to upgrade from HAMM to SLINK. It goes from a
stock non apt-get HAMM distro to installing apt-get to upgrading to SLINK.
It's located at http://www.tdyc.com/archive/slinkup.html/index.html
I wrote it for a friend who kept asking me how to do the upgrade and he never
remembered what I told him. This stoped the questions. :)
I have successfully upgraded to SLINK 7 seperate machines with no problems
(except when problems arise in the actual distro which usually get fixed within
24-48 hours).
This document should help you...if not answer any questions you might have about
upgrading to SLINK.
Ivan
Quoting Jameson Burt <jameson@mnsinc.com>:
> I see no upgrade notes for slink.
> For hamm, these upgrade notes reside in
> .../hamm/hamm/upgrade-i386/README-upgrade
> Usually, I just use dpkg to install whatever packages I want from the
> upgrade distribution. For example, I might install a newer gimp from
> slink.
> Since I wouldn't have upgraded the base packages, I learned that using
> dpkg prematurely can cause little problems.
> Upgrading from rex to bo: I EVENTUALLY HAD TO REINSTALL FROM SCRATCH.
> Upgrading from bo to hamm: I EVENTUALLY HAD TO REINSTALL FROM SCRATCH.
>
> Upgrading from hamm to slink: WHAT CAN I EXPECT.
> With no instructions, I certainly will not use raw dpkg to add packages
> from slink to my current hamm distribution --
> unless of course "dependencies" prevent this (do they now?).
>
>
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