On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 10:39:54AM -0800, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 02/21/2018 09:45 AM, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > > I am running Wheezy (v7 = oldoldstable) and intend to replace it with a > > fresh > > install of Stretch (v9 = stable) before Wheezy's support runs out on May > > 31st. I will try the default systemd installation and see how I like it. > > Okay, but I suggest instead you keep your wheezy system and your wheezy > sources and do a upgrade using package upgrade-system, it will clean your > system and then add the stretch sources including backports and run apt > update & apt-upgrade and then run upgrade-system until your system is > upgraded and clean, careful that sysvinit is not removed cause that package > is not in stretch. You can also use apt dist-upgrade and deborphan. > Note that upgrades skipping a release (e.g., wheezy -> stretch instead of wheezy -> jessie -> stretch) are not supported. A fresh install sounds like the better route in this case.
Also, adding backports sources for the target version during an upgrade is a terrible idea. Packages in backports have not received upgrade testing, so who knows what sort of a mess it could create. For Steven, the best thing is to read the release notes and/or installation manual and follow the instructions found there. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
