Re: Instructions for upgrading from Etch to Lenny?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 12/18/08 10:27, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 12/17/08 14:27, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > > lostson wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:57:23 -0500
> > > > Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Are there step-by-step instructions somewhere for doing a dist- 
> > > > > upgrade from Etch (current stable) to Lenny (soon-to-be stable)?
> > > > >
> > > > > I'll be glad to RTFM if somebody can point me to the right FM...
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > Rick
> > > >  Simple go through your sources file and change etch to lenny. Then do
> > > > a apt-get update then run apt-get dist-upgrade
> > > > Worked like a charm for me.
> >
> > No need to first manually upgrade Perl or apt?
> >
> > > Why not just the dist-upgrade?
> >
> > Because "update" tells apt about all the new packages.
>
> Sorry :-( I misread "upgrade" for "update"...

I was kinda wondering why you asked such an elementary question.

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