Re: how to update Debian OS properly
On Fri 25 May 2012 at 15:57:28 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:
> So the question are
>
> 1. how to upgrade only the security patches?
Install stable and stick with it. Do not be tempted to alter sources.list
in /etc/apt/
> 2. if the upgrade patch trigger any critical issue. Like any service
> like hosting, filesharing or squid got effected by the update, how
> come we know which patch cause this problem and how to remove that
> specific patch because in Microsoft I have seen that security patches
> and OS patches some time make problems when run along with ongoing
> services.
This is very, very unlikely to happen. If it did, someone would notice
and provide you with a fixed package.
> 3. how to revert back to old OS, for example, in my case i upgraded my
> system from 6.0.4 to Wheezy/SID now want to revert things back.
Forget about it. Re-install stable.
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