softwatt <softw...@gmx.com> wrote: > On 09/18/2014 08:50 PM, Sven Hartge wrote:
>> On some systems it has been necessary (during the Squeeze to Wheezy >> upgrade) to first use only "apt-get upgrade" after upgrading apt and >> dpkg and then issuing the full dist-upgrade as final step to get a >> smoother upgrade. This where mostly systems which had already been >> upgraded from Sarge to Etch to Lenny to Squeeze and had a good amount >> of locally backported packages on them. > So, the safest would be the following? > #Update sources.list to Jessie first > apt-get update > apt-get install apt dpkg aptitude > apt-get upgrade > apt-get --download-only dist-upgrade > apt-get dist-upgrade You only need to use "--download-only" if your internet connection is shakey our you want to disconnect the line after downloading because you pay per time-unit and don't have an unlimited plan. Otherwise just omit the "--download-only" step. _If_ you need to use "--download-only", then it should occur before the "upgrade" step, like so: apt-get update apt-get install apt dpkg aptitude apt-get --download-only dist-upgrade apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade Normally it is safe to also just use only "apt-get dist-upgrade", but there is no harm in prepending it with an additional "apt-get upgrade" step. Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/6b0jfht76...@mids.svenhartge.de
