Re: Upgrade procedure: etch -> lenny

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

On 02/18/2009 09:00 PM, Chris Jones wrote:
> I plan to upgrade to lenny over the weekend:
>
> 1. duplicate current etch system on a new partition
> 2. apt-get update
> 2. replace "etch" by "lenny" in /etc/sources.list
> 3. apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> Am I missing anything?

I'd first upgrade apt, dpkg & perl.  Maybe that's just a legacy of 
the woody->etch process, but could't hurt...

> Note: I do not want apt to mess with my linux kernel.

Then I'd pin that package.

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