Re: From Squeeze to Wheezy: An upgrade problem

2013-06-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 21 iun 13, 20:55:15, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 21:02 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Vi, 21 iun 13, 16:52:49, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 17:02 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > aptitude install $(cat non-Debian.pkgs) > > > > > > So the OP wi

Re: From Squeeze to Wheezy: An upgrade problem

2013-06-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 21:02 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 21 iun 13, 16:52:49, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 17:02 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > aptitude install $(cat non-Debian.pkgs) > > > > So the OP will keep some packages as they are, without updating? > > P

Re: From Squeeze to Wheezy: An upgrade problem

2013-06-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 21 iun 13, 16:52:49, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 17:02 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > aptitude install $(cat non-Debian.pkgs) > > So the OP will keep some packages as they are, without updating? Package names don't change too often between releases, only versions do.

Re: From Squeeze to Wheezy: An upgrade problem

2013-06-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 17:02 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > aptitude install $(cat non-Debian.pkgs) So the OP will keep some packages as they are, without updating? Ok, but the OP should be aware, that dependencies might be broken and in the end the above command + updating Debian packages does

Re: From Squeeze to Wheezy: An upgrade problem

2013-06-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 20 iun 13, 00:42:56, Bill.M wrote: > > I'm thinking that what I need to generate is a diff list of packages > installed on my current Squeeze that aren't in the standard Squeeze > and then feed that into apt on Wheezy. But how to do that? How to > generate the Squeeze list? I haven't locate

Re: From Squeeze to Wheezy: An upgrade problem

2013-06-21 Thread Lars Noodén
On 06/21/2013 01:04 AM, John wrote: > 1. #dpkg --get-selections \* | grep -e install -e hold | grep -v > deinstall > ~/my-selections-$(date +%Y%m%d) I'd go with the raw output of dpkg: $ dpkg --get-selections > ~/my-selections-$(date +'%F') Sometimes it is important to know which package

Re: From Squeeze to Wheezy: An upgrade problem

2013-06-20 Thread John
On 20/06/13, Bill.M (bi...@uniserve.com) wrote: > Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:42:56 -0700 > From: "Bill.M" > To: Debian User ML > Subject: From Squeeze to Wheezy: An upgrade problem > X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=5.0 > tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RDNS_NONE, UNP

Re: From Squeeze to Wheezy: An upgrade problem

2013-06-20 Thread 黃健毅
Might want to add any additional third-party repositories and run sudo apt-get update On 20 June 2013 09:13, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Using apt: > -- > > "Create a backup of what packages are currently installed: > > sudo dpkg --get-selections > list.txt > > Then (on another system) restore

Re: From Squeeze to Wheezy: An upgrade problem

2013-06-20 Thread Joe
On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:42:56 -0700 "Bill.M" wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've been using Squeeze (Lenny, Etch, Sarge, Woody etc) for some time > and have added many individual package installs beyond the standard, > out of the box, distros over the years. > > Now I'm installing onto a new machine an

Re: From Squeeze to Wheezy: An upgrade problem

2013-06-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Using apt: -- "Create a backup of what packages are currently installed: sudo dpkg --get-selections > list.txt Then (on another system) restore installations from that list: sudo dpkg --clear-selections sudo dpkg --set-selections < list.txt To get rid of stale packages sudo apt-get au

From Squeeze to Wheezy: An upgrade problem

2013-06-20 Thread Bill.M
Hi folks, I've been using Squeeze (Lenny, Etch, Sarge, Woody etc) for some time and have added many individual package installs beyond the standard, out of the box, distros over the years. Now I'm installing onto a new machine and would like to migrate as much of my old system onto the new m