Re: Upgrading Squeeze to Wheezy on Bubba Two hardware

[Csanyi Pal <csanyipal@gmail.com>]

Hi Sven,

Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> writes:

> On 2013-05-25 19:19 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>
>> so, I actually run the proper kernel, right?
>
> I think that's sufficient - accept4() for powerpc was added in 2.6.37,
> if I understand it correctly¹.
>
>> So I think that that I can go with distribution upgrade, right?
>
> Probably - if it breaks, I'll deny any responsibility, though. ;-)

OK ;-)

I'm going to upgrade the system, following advices here:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html

I come to the Chapter '4.2.2. Disabling APT pinning'.

I have in /etc/apt/preferences.d/ only one file, called 'excito':
<quote>
# B3 apt preferences
#
# Changes in this file might break your system
#
# Stable bubba release, currently elvin
Package: *
Pin:
 release o=Excito, n=elvin, v=1.0,
 origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 999

# Unstable bubba release, always vincent
Package: *
Pin:
 release o=Excito, n=vincent,
 origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 999

# Unstable bubba release, always vincent
Package: *
Pin:
 release o=Excito, n=hugo,
 origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 999

# Old stable release, currently vacant
Package: *
Pin: 
 release o=Excito, a=oldstable, v=1.0,
 origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 1000

# Stable bubba stable debian upstream, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin: 
 release o=Debian Squeeze, n=upstream_squeeze, v=1.0,
 origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 600

# Unstable bubba stable debian upstream, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin: 
 release o=Debian Squeeze, n=upstream_squeeze_forhugo,
 origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 600

# Unstable bubba stable debian upstream, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin: 
 release o=Debian Squeeze, n=upstream_squeeze_forvincent,
 origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 600

# Stable bubba debian upstream, currently vacant
Package: *
Pin:
 release o=Debian Squeeze, a=upstream_oldstable, v=1.0,
 origin "b3.update.excito.org"
Pin-Priority: 601

# Upstream main debian, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin: 
 release o=Debian, n=elvin, v=4.0r4a, c=main

Pin-Priority: 500

# Upstream contrib debian, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin: 
 release o=Debian, n=elvin, v=4.0r4a, c=contrib
Pin-Priority: 400

# Upstream non-free debian, currently squeeze
Package: *
Pin: 
 release o=Debian, n=elvin, v=4.0r4a, c=non-free
Pin-Priority: 300
</quote>

Well, these lines are a black magic for me.
Must I change here something, to allow the upgrade of packages?

-- 
Regards from Pal