Re: Confused about dist-upgrade
On Fri 24 Jan 2014 at 12:52:05 -0500, Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Thu 23 Jan 2014 at 17:52:00 -0500, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> >>
> >> At any rate, to move from, say, squeeze, to wheezy, my approach
> >> would be to edit my sources.list, replacing all instances of
> >> "squeeze" with "wheezy", and then running
> >>
> >> # apt-get update
> >> # apt-get dist-upgrade
> >>
> >> That as far as memory serves -- which is getting shakier and shakier
> >> with the advance of years :-( -- is what has worked in the past.
> >
> > The recommended way is
> >
> > apt-get update
> > upgrade kernel
> > reboot
> > upgrade packages associated with any critical services
> > apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> >From memory, this isn't the recommended way for upgrades to Lenny,
> Squeeze, or Wheezy.
*I* wasn't working from memory when responding to "...to move from, say,
squeeze, to wheezy, my approach...".
>From memory, an upgrade to Lenny involved having to ensure udev was
upgraded first. Or maybe that was the upgrade to Etch.
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