On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 08:36:53AM +0300, softwatt 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
What's the rush to upgrade now? I'd certainly wait for Jessie to be the new stable then keep an eye on this list for the influx of posts (I'm guessing there will be some real problems -and scaremongering¹ isn't going to help one bit.) -- see what issues pop up -- when you feel happy you can upgrade with the knowledge gained from other's misfortunes. ¹ Buried among some propaganda threads are some gems of helpful technical information. IOW, the propaganda really hinders the searcher of the archives for a solution to a problem and has the unfortunate side effect that it helps spread more FUD. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- 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/20140919144014.GA20352@tal
