On 2021-08-17 9:08 a.m., 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/ > >> 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). By using *oldstable* or other type of reference based on version instead of suite, of you risk many problem. What's happening in your case is that *oldstable* used to be *stretch* and is now *buster*. So you are using a *buster* repository in your *stretch* installation. That's a plea for problems. Before *bullseye* release: *testing* -> *bullseye* *stable* -> *buster* *oldstable* -> *stretch* *oldoldstable* -> *jessie* After *bullseye* release: *testing* -> *bookworm* *stable* -> *bullseye* *oldstable* -> *buster* *oldoldstable* -> *stretch* You should always refer to stable name like *buster*,*stretch*, etc. > > 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. > -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development
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