On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:15:07AM -0700, Nick Moffitt wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and > > superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through > > every version, even major version changes. > > I was told that there was a way to auto-upgrade. That is, my > debian system would mirror or sense an update on the net somehow, and then > download all appropriate packages and install them. Is this a myth, work > in progress, or reality?
This is reality, often tested and works on many systems. The script is called autoup.sh, and is available from Craig Sanders, but also via Debian. I don't have an adress handy, please look at the website/ftpsite/in the mailing list archives. If you don't find it, anybody else knows? Be sure to read the mini-HOWTO and take a look at the script, so that you roughly understand what it is doing. The alternative is to use apt. Nobody knows which of both works better. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
