Re: Upgrading to potato

[Eric G . Miller]

On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 01:16:37AM +0100, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> 
> Is there a URL which anyone can recommend to take me through the
> process of upgrading to potato from slink?

You've got it: mailto:debian-user@lists.debian.org

The basic procedure is:

1.      Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point to 'potato' instead of
        'slink'.
2.      Then run "apt-get update"
3.      Then run "apt-get dist-upgrade"
4.      Then ask specific questions here.

Some significant changes are:
*       Kernels 2.2 no longer need a route for the lo interface.
*       Interfaces are now configured in /etc/network/interfaces.
*       Most docs now live in /usr/share/doc, /usr/share/info, and
        /usr/share/man.
*       Perl package name goes from perl to perl-5.005.
*       Many others...

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