"safe" upgrade of potato

[Oz Dror <dror@zyan.com>]

Hi,

I have a "stable" potato distributaion installed that has not been upgraded
in 2-3 weeks. I would like to upgrade it with current packages.

is there a way to save old packges as I install the new one.
would the simplest thing would be just to save all /usr /etc /bin /lib
directories.

thanks

-Oz Dror
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NAME   Oz Dror, Los Angeles, California   
EMAIL  dror@zyan.com                          <<Linux  since 8/15/94>>
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