Re: Happy birthday, Debian!
On Wednesday 20 August 2008 23:21, NN_il_Confusionario wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 07:58:46PM +0300, Shachar Or wrote:
> > I wonder if there's a system somewhere that was never re-installed, only
> > upgraded from one of the earliest versions...
>
> yes
>
> but not on the disk where debian 1.1 was installed from floppy disks,
> and not on the same cpu/motherboard. However the floppy drive should be
> the same, I seem to recall. Clearly I do not count as reinstall the copy
> of an existing installation.
Cool
>
> > It would be interesting to see what ruins can be found amongst the files.
>
> None, if you purge "obsolete or local packages" (with care since some of
> these old packages were "essential" at their times)
I bet someone forgot something somewhere, policy or not!
>
> What you want to be present, if you selectively decide what to purge.
>
> Even libc4 (for a.out binaries), if you keep all.
>
> Try it yourself using archive.debian.net : 1.3.1 is quite similar to the
> first release 1.1. Install that and upgrade to 2.0 then to 2.1 then ...
Will certainly do! But how do I install that 1.1 version at all?
>
> --
> Chi usa software non libero avvelena anche te. Digli di smettere.
> Informatica=arsenico: minime dosi in rari casi patologici, altrimenti
> letale. Informatica=bomba: intelligente solo per gli stupidi che ci
> credono.
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