Re: Upgrading to stretch (jessie-backports question)
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 08:17:58PM +0100, John Naggets wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 6:39 PM, Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
>
> > No. Backports have to be specifically requested.
>
> Aha I get it. So by changing my APT sources.list for backports from
> jessie-backports to stretch-backports all my ZFS packages will simply
> get upgraded to the official/main Debian (non backports) stretch ZFS
> packages?
Yes, assuming the package names are the same and the dependencies are
satisfied.
> Actually moving on the Debian stretch I would not need anymore the
> backports because the ZFS packages are included in stretch. So could I
> just get rid of my backports APT source by deleting my list file
> beforehand and then simply do a dist-upgrade?
My personal recommendation would be to comment out (or delete) the
old backports line(s). If in the future you find yourself wanting
stretch-backports (from buster) then add the new backports line at
that time.
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