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, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham >

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