Re: Upgrading Debian
On Mon, 14 Sep 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Monday 14 September 2015 05:00:01 Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > On Sunday 13 September 2015 16:13:19 Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
> > > > > I just want to make sure again. How can one upgrade from one
> > > > > version of Debian to other without losing data or without
> > > > > formatiing the partition, simply as Ubuntu does.
>
> > > >
> > > > I always found it best to follow Debian's instructions in the
> > > > Release Notes and/or Installation Instructions of the version
> > > > you want to upgrade to. AND back up your data before doing
> > > > anything..
> > > >
> > > > Many times, there's more involved than just simply apt-get
> > > > update, apt-get upgrade, etc.
> > > >
> > > > B
> > >
> > > He doesn't want to upgrade from one version to another. He just
> > > wants to do a normal upgrade in Jessie, that because of where we
> > > are now, and when he last upgraded, will take it from 8.1 to 8.2.
> >
> > Oh. But that's what he said. Others seemed to misunderstand,
> > too. In any case, if he had read the instructions . . .
> >
> > What is it with people and instructions?
>
> I know. It took me a while to work out what he actually wanted with
> all the drama. ;-) People who come from Ubuntu don't understand
> about point releases. Since I don't know Ubuntu, I don't know what
> it is that they are thinking of.
Different terminology. With most distros "update" means what
"upgrade" does with Debian. And "upgrade" means "dist-upgrade."
Yes, Ubuntu is a different beast. The only experience I have with
it is from its debut release years ago. Hated it so much, I uninstalled
it a week later and never tried it again. I don't know why people love
it so much. To each, his own, I guess.
B
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