On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 1:06 PM Michel Verdier <mv...@free.fr> wrote:
> Le 24 avril 2023 DdB a écrit : > > > 1. Upgrade from current configuration using upgrade path tools (apt) and > > plan only one step (going to bullseye) at a time, eventually having to > > upgrade a second time later. > https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/update-upgrade-debian-10-to-debian-11-bullseye/ Usually this is the safest way. But why don't you upgrade sooner to > bullseye ? Do you have some problematic packages ? > > > 2. Install a fresh bullseye and try to manually make it as similar as > > can be to my current workhorse > > The more you customized your system the harder it will be > > > From my past experiences, i recall one problem, that i am still > > suffering from: the file group and user owners, that reside on a > > different disk set (on a ZFS pool, to be more precise). In order to > > alleviate the problem, i did at one point fetch an older /etc/group and > > passwd file from a backup and created a mess. I'd love to straigthen > > this out now. > > If you need to you should only change manually your userid/groupid and > don't change system ids. Replacing entire passwd is usually a bad idea. > Also you should check your user/group are conforming to the minumum > defined in /etc/login.defs > > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
