Re: Upgrading from old Sarge (Testing) to Unstable

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

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    Thanks you all for your replies.

    It sounds like I should stick to stable for now at least (till I get
    more confident about what I'm doing).

    The package I'm most concerned about upgrading is the kernel. I built
    this from the sources at kernel.org and used a Debian tool (can't
    remember the name now) to make a .deb file from it and installed ith
    with dpkg I think.

    Will doing 'apt-get upgrade' or 'apt-get dist-upgrade' install the
    default kernel? Will it leave mine in the GRUB menu at least? I'd like
    to make sure that apt-get doesn't overwrite the kernel with the standard
    prebuilt one - I presume mine will still be in the GRUB menu at least.

    Thanks,
    Yasir

    > Yasir Assam wrote:
    >
    >> 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
    >
    >
    > With all the transitions that are taking place right now in unstable,
    > I would be very cautious in upgrading to unstable at this moment.
    > However if you are brave enough then you can use the above command. It
    > is safe in the sense that it will not remove any packages from your
    > system and it will not mess up your configuration files etc.,
    >
    > bye
    > raju
    >
    > 

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