Jerry Stuckle wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > > Instead it would make more sense to install a fresh Wheezy system and > > then install the top level packages you require. I would normally do this. I would set up a new machine. Then manually put in the work to move each task over from the old to the new. Been there many times. It is work and effort. But less work in total than trying to avoid the work. > This is a live server, with all kinds of modifications to the > configuration files (unfortunately, many were before my time and are > not documented). Due to the mods, upgrading to Squeeze was a mess Sigh. I am once again dealing with a very similar situation. And I can't really do what I want to do which is to move to a clean system and move tasks over to it. I pretty much need to clean it up in place. Which is a difficult situation. Double sigh. I just need to carefully walk through the minefields there. But I still would not myself use the strategy of doing the get-selections and set-selections because in my opinion I don't like the direction of that strategy. I would identify the top level packages and install those. It is easy to install missing packages. The problem is that they are initially missing and so you find them by seeing what is broken. That is bad. But I know of no better way. > So what I'm going to do is build a new server, install the same > software that's on the current one, then reply the modifications to > the configuration files. Once it is thoroughly tested, I will > replace the old one with the new one. It is a plan. It should work. Who am I to judge? On the same version? Or jumping to a newer version? > And no, I do NOT consider this "jumping through hoops". I consider > it a much more reliable way to upgrade a live system than just > blindly upgrading to Wheezy. I hate having a system that has a lot of hand crafted customization that is completely unknown. I don't mind if it is known and documented. But I hate it when it isn't known. Bob
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