On Mon, Dec 13, 1999 at 12:46:49PM +0100, Petru NOTINGHER wrote:
>
> I have a machine running under an old version of Slackware, and I would
> like
> to change to Debian. Is there any possibility to do it without a
> complete re-installation ?
That is the easy way. Just save /usr/local (Debian shouldn't touch it
anyway). Unfortunately, /usr/lib gets filled up with loads of rubbish
over time, but say goodbye to it anyway. Lots of it is outdated libc5
stuff. After a few weeks with Debian packages, most things will be back
in order again.
Personally, I created a /usr/local-libc5 directory to put all the old
/usr/local stuff in. This way, I can migrate to newer glibc versions as
I upgrade, or delete the old stuff in favour of newer Debian packages.
BTW, I upgraded from a much customized Slack 2.1, how old is your
system? :)
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada
A 'box' is something that accomplishes a task -- you feed in input and
out comes the output, just as God and Larry Wall intended.
-- brian moore
