Re: Instructions for upgrading from Etch to Lenny?

[Emanoil Kotsev <deloptes@yahoo.com>]

Ron Johnson wrote:

> 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.
> 

I am wondering why you are wondering :-)

I'm asking my self how to migrate from sarge to lenny?
Is it more complicated question, that deserves attention?
I was also thinking to ask here, but then ... I decided not because it's
elementary ... still asking is good approach for exchanging experience.
Isn't it?

I was thinking to make a copy of the system and try system upgrade
(apt-get ...), test and see what happens. This is preferred because it's a
server. If it does not work, I would install and migrate the services,
which makes also sense, because I can document some things in parallel. The
second approach is still more time consuming.

regards