On (16/05/05 02:58), Simon Gloßner wrote: > Hi, > > * Andy Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now that Sarge has entered freeze, I'm considering upgrading my Woody box to > > it. This runs the firewall for my local network (connected via Ethernet > > cable modem) handling mail (Exim v3 and fetchmail), news (newsstar and INN > > v2.3.2), web proxy etc. > > > > Is the upgrade to Sarge relatively painless? Does it perform any major > > software upgrades that might cause me problems? > > I think upgrading from Woody to Sarge isn't easy. Woody is almost three > years old, so at least you have to read the documention to get an quick > overview of the changes... After upgrading you have to reedit some > configuration files, too! For example upgrading from Exim v3 (Woody) to > Exim v4 (Sarge) is a radical change! > > So here's my advice: If you don't need any feature of Sarge and if you > are complete satisfied with your system, don't upgrade! Otherwise I > advise you to plan this major system upgrade. It will be a lot of work!
At the risk of being contrary, I recently (January) upgraded a couple of servers from woody to sarge and it was pretty trivial - in fact I don't recall having to do any reconfiguration other than answer some questions during the upgrade. Given the supposed strength of Debian is that it makes upgrades easy via aptitude/apt-get, I find the rather dramatic warnings, strange. YMMV Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
