Upgrading from old Sarge (Testing) to Unstable

From: Yasir Assam (list1_at_endlessvoid.com)
Date: 11/30/05

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    Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:54:57 +1100
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

    Hello,

    I installed DVDs of Sarge when it was the testing distribution (before
    the 3.1 release). Specifically I installed a snapshot dated 30 April
    2005. When I installed it the following lines were added to
    /etc/apt/sources.list:

    deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Sarge_ - Official Snapshot i386
    Binary-3 (20050430)]/ unstable contrib main
    deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Sarge_ - Official Snapshot i386
    Binary-2 (20050430)]/ unstable contrib main
    deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Sarge_ - Official Snapshot i386
    Binary-1 (20050430)]/ unstable contrib main

    I now have broadband and would like to upgrade to the Unstable dist.
    What's the best way of doing this? I added the following line to
    sources.list:

    deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian unstable main contrib non-free

    and then did the following:

    # apt-get update

    Is it safe just to issue the following command?

    $ apt-get upgrade

    Previously, I compiled my own kernel (using the Debian kernal package
    tools) and I also installed an ATI display driver separately. I also
    made some changes to various configuration files. Will all that remain
    intact if I upgrade?

    I'm trying to avoid doing a complete reinstall.

    Incidentally, I tried updating a single package (emacs21) and got the
    following error:

    E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential
    package e2fsprogs due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often
    bad, but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak
    option.
    E: Internal Error, Could not early remove e2fsprogs

    I presume this is because I need to do an upgrade?

    Thanks,
    Yasir 

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