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Re: Upgrade procedure: etch -> lenny



Chris Jones escribió:
> 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?


The recommended way of updating is using aptitude. It is demonstrated
that it resolves dependencies much better.
Please read the releases notes.

Some people still continues to recommend apt-get, when Debian developers
encourages using aptitude. I would better do what Debian developers
recommend.


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