Re: to woody from potato, some advices...
On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 04:16:04PM -0500, Scott Henson wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 13:17, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 09:53:16AM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> > > 1) Upgrade to woody via apt
> >
> > Definitely upgrade using woody's apt, not potato's - that is, upgrade
> > the packaging tools first. This has been the advice for upgrading from
> > one release to another for at least the last couple of releases.
>
> Is there a script or something for doing this automagically?
* Edit /etc/apt/sources.list
* dselect update (or apt-get update)
* apt-get install apt dpkg
* apt-get dist-upgrade
It hardly seems worth scripting ...?
> I think maybe someone(I would do it but I am not a DD) should maybe
> package an upgrade kit.
Consider that this upgrade kit would then have the exact same problem -
if it ever had to change for whatever reason, then you'd have to upgrade
it first before doing anything else. :)
It's a chicken and egg problem, but the release notes for each
distribution always make it clear what to do.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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