Re: Upgrading Squeeze to Wheezy on Bubba Two hardware
Csanyi Pal <csanyipal@gmail.com> writes:
> 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?
I just replaced 'squeeze' with 'wheezy' in the file above and can do the
minimal system upgrade.
--
Regards from Pal
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