On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 10:11:26AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 09:18:12PM +0200, Petr Stehlik wrote: > > > Wouter Verhelst píše v Po 08. 08. 2005 v 13:15 +0200: > > > > > > * Install woody, upgrade > > > > > > > > > > that's an interesting idea. > > > > > > > > Well, no, actually. It'll take way too long, and give you a system > > > > without /media or /srv (along some other glitches). > > > > > > glitches? My main working machine got installed Potato (or was it Hamm?) > > > and I am dist-upgrading since then (running unstable now). Do I miss > > > things compared to pure Sarge install? > > > > Well, your system is of course fully functional; it's just that it isn't > > 100% FHS-compliant. I don't remember what I mean with the "along some > > other glitches" part myself now, so let's just say it means something > > along the lines of "there might be other things, dunno". > > > > In any case, a pure sarge install will not be the same as a pure > > upgraded woody. > > That surprises me a bit... > > Isn't there any document that describes the differences?
Not sure. Could be. > I have no plans to reinstall any of my machines for this. After all, > Debian is well-known for never needing a reinstall, so it would be a > pity if this changed. Don't worry, there's no need to reinstall; but there _is_ a difference between a freshly installed Sarge and an upgraded Sarge. The difference is in cosmetics, so it's safe to ignore them. > BTW, can't /media (already created manually a while ago) and /srv > (what's the purpose of that one?) be created during upgrade, just like > with adding new ids to passwd? There was a reason why that was not possible (or not a good idea). I don't recall it, however (I'm not the maintainer). -- The amount of time between slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is precisely one bananosecond -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
