Check out http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/, in particular the
release notes.
In addition, there are somewhat general rules (which others on the list
will no doubt improve upon):
Change your sources.list to point to woody (realizing you may actually
have to pull a few things from sid which may have been removed from
woody due to RC bugs)
apt-get update
Then upgrade apt apt-utils dpkg debconf perl as a start before thinking
about a general upgrade
Try apt-get -s -u dist-upgrade |less to see what is going to happen. If
it looks like you will remove a zillion packages, try to find out why
first.
For example, apt-get -s -u install libc6 might be a good move, and so on.
Feel free to post your intermediate results.
Luck!
TRS
Holger Rauch wrote:
Hi!
Is there something like a "upgrade HOWTO" describing upgrading
Potato->Woody in more detail? If so, pointers are most welcome.
Is it "safe" to upgrade to Woody/testing at present or may it leave the
system unusable?
Thanks for any hints!
Greetings,
Holger
