Re: Still on stretch, getting ready for bullseye
On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 09:08:43AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 09:01:32AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Tell me where to read about an insitu upgrade from stretch to buster,
>
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/
Whoops. Google gave me the wrong link.
https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/
> > root@coyote:~$ apt update
> > Hit:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
> > Hit:2 http://linuxcnc.org stretch InRelease
> > Hit:3 https://deb.debian.org/debian oldstable InRelease
> > Hit:4
> > http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/trinity-builddeps-r14.0.0/debian
> > stretch InRelease
> > Hit:5 http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/trinity-r14.0.0/debian
> > stretch InRelease
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > 2588 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
> >
> > 2 hours later it still wants to do that. That is enough to put me on
> > buster. IF it works.
>
> You literally have the word "oldstable" in your sources.list for your
> main Debian repository? That's a really unsound practice. It will lead
> to unexpected release upgrades (or worse, unexpected *failed* release
> upgrades).
>
> You also have multiple third-party repositories in your sources.list.
> It's strongly recommended that you remove those during the release
> upgrade. You may or may not also have to remove the *packages* that
> came from them. It'll be on an "at your own risk" basis if you don't.
>
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