On Fri 24 Jan 2014 at 12:52:05 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > On Thu 23 Jan 2014 at 17:52:00 -0500, Bob Bernstein wrote: > >> > >> At any rate, to move from, say, squeeze, to wheezy, my approach > >> would be to edit my sources.list, replacing all instances of > >> "squeeze" with "wheezy", and then running > >> > >> # apt-get update > >> # apt-get dist-upgrade > >> > >> That as far as memory serves -- which is getting shakier and shakier > >> with the advance of years :-( -- is what has worked in the past. > > > > The recommended way is > > > > apt-get update > > upgrade kernel > > reboot > > upgrade packages associated with any critical services > > apt-get dist-upgrade > > >From memory, this isn't the recommended way for upgrades to Lenny, > Squeeze, or Wheezy.
*I* wasn't working from memory when responding to "...to move from, say, squeeze, to wheezy, my approach...". >From memory, an upgrade to Lenny involved having to ensure udev was upgraded first. Or maybe that was the upgrade to Etch. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140124180623.ge3...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
