22 Jun
2017
22 Jun
'17
8:13 p.m.
Hi Andy,
Thanks for the info - it's been a while since I did a dist-upgrade on
debian. I'll make sure I have a decent (tested) backup before I start.
cheers,
David
If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and
beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
Find yourself a cup of tea; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about
hundreds of things. ~Saki
On 22 June 2017 at 10:23, Andy Smith <andy(a)bitfolk.com> wrote:
Hi Dave,
On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 09:52:12AM +0100, Dave Mills wrote:
That was what I expected, but I'd hoped there
was a direct path from 7.x
to
9.0
I recently did a couple of etch to jessie upgrades by going
etch→squeeze→wheezy→jessie. It wasn't too difficult, you can just
keep going with the cycle of:
1. Alter /etc/apt/sources.list to name the next release
2. apt-get update
3. apt-get dist-upgrade
It tells you when you need to reboot into a newer kernel, otherwise
you can keep going.
I'll have to deal with the upgrade soon then.
When the thing you're upgrading to is no longer on the main mirrors
it becomes a bit more tricky as you have to point to
snapshot.debian.net or archive.debian.org.
Cheers,
Andy
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