2013/12/19 Clive Standbridge <list-u...@tgstandbridges.plus.com> > > > we have been on squeeze for a couple of years and run a server using > > > openvz. we also have some backports and some software in /usr/local > > > we > > > compiled (so we could use more updated versions). > > > > > > we want to do a dist upgrade to wheezy. > > > >
The more your system settings are customized the more things could run smoothly. I would not remove packages in /usr/local/ (unless there's a good reason, but ask yourself: is there any?) Distribution upgrades are supposed to be accomplished using dist-upgrade so I would suggest you to backup /etc/ then run dist-upgrade keeping an eye on config files replacement. Apt will ask you for each and every replacement which does involves *.ini or *.conf etc etc, you can view diffs, replace, mantain your version. If you miss something you can rely on your /etc/ backup. It's not as difficult, it will just take time. /r
