Re: Upgrading to stretch (jessie-backports question)
On Thu 07 Dec 2017 at 21:02:38 +0100, John Naggets wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 8:29 PM, Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
>
> >> 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.
>
> I think I will go for that variant as it makes the most sense to me.
It doesn't make any difference. The update and upgrade will not get
any packages from jessie-backports. But, whatever suits you.
> What about third-party APT repositories sources such as for MongoDB,
> Nextcloud, etc, would one simply replace "jessie" with "stretch" in
> the sources files at the same time as for the official Debian APT
> repositories before running a dist-upgrade?
By all means. Whether they have stretch versions is a different
matter.
--
Brian
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