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Re: Upgrading from old Sarge (Testing) to Unstable



On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:54:57 +1100
Yasir Assam <list1@endlessvoid.com> wrote:

> deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian unstable main contrib non-free
Assuming that's an official mirror. Easy to check.

> Is it safe just to issue the following command?
> 
> $ apt-get upgrade
You probably want dist-upgrade rather than upgrade. As changing from stable to unstable is bound to require adding/removing packages.

upgrade installed newer versions of installed packages as long as they don't require new packages installed.
dist-upgrade installs the new packages too.
 
> Previously, I compiled my own kernel (using the Debian kernal package 
> tools) and I also installed an ATI display driver separately. I also 
> made some changes to various configuration files. Will all that remain 
> intact if I upgrade?
I don't think any configuration done by you should be lost.

HTH

-ol
 
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