On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 09:35:24PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have woody on one machine and would like to upgrade to sarge. > > I have another machine [laptop, PCMCIA modem] that I upgraded from woody to > sarge. I did not delete the .deb files. > > Can I us the deb files on the laptop to upgrade the distribution on the > other machine? I reckon the software list is probably longer on the laptop > [ie. there probably won't be anything installed on the woody machine that > isn't on the laptop]. > > I'm assuming I could use ftp and move all the files then do it one at a > time. But could I amend sources.list and use "apt-get dist-upgrade"?
If you copy all the deb files from /var/cache/apt/archives on the sarge box into the same location on the woody box before you upgrade, I believe it will just find them when you upgrade. No need to change your sources.list. Anything newer than what you've already got will be downloaded as usual. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
