On Monday 18 September 2017 at 12:46:34, Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
> ...I upgrade my Debian Wheezy LTS to Devuan Jessie ?
It works for me...
> What happens then to those packages I need/use which are not in the Devuan
> repositories ?
They will not get upgraded.
> Will the older versions still run ? Or will the upgrade remove them ?
As far as I know, a dist-upgrade *never* removes packages. Especially not
packages it doesn't even know about (eg: if they're not part of Devuan
Jessie).
> Or, if they have no systemd dependencies, can I install the Debian Jessie
> versions ?
What packages have you found in Debian Jessie which have no systemd
dependencies and are not in Devuan Jessie?
> Worried, on the banks of the Paraguay River
Take a backup and try it :)
Create a copy in a VM and try it :)
Install a minimal Debian Wheezy, add some of your possibly problematic
packages, and try the upgrade :)
Antony.
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