Re: Self referencing

[Henning Makholm <henning@makholm.net>]

Missy Batt <missy@soliddesign.net> writes:

> Everything for both Debian and Red Hat seems self referencing.  How do I
> start using debian packages?... install the package dpkg.  How do I
> install that?

Well, simply put, you don't convert your system from one
distribution to another without a reinstallation.

Debian does a fine job of 'live' upgrades between versions of itself,
but there is no hope that a live upgrade path from another
distribution can be created. The differences in the critical
basic details are too big.

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Henning Makholm
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