Re: Upgrading

[Nathan E Norman <finn@midco.net>]

On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Stefan Kleijkers wrote:

 : Hello,
 : 
 : How easy is it to upgrade a Debian distribution? With RedHat it's very easy,
 : you can buy/download a new version and chose UPGRADE in the installationmenu.
 : Does Debian have something like that too?

It's absurdly easy to upgrade debian, especially when using apt-get.
Since debian uses dependencies you can usually "mix and match" pieces
from different releases.

See http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/debian-faq-10.html for some details;
perhaps someone has a better URL.

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