On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 21:35, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 04:16:04PM -0500, Scott Henson wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 13:17, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 09:53:16AM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > > > 1) Upgrade to woody via apt > > > > > > Definitely upgrade using woody's apt, not potato's - that is, upgrade > > > the packaging tools first. This has been the advice for upgrading from > > > one release to another for at least the last couple of releases. > > > > Is there a script or something for doing this automagically? > > * Edit /etc/apt/sources.list > * dselect update (or apt-get update) > * apt-get install apt dpkg > * apt-get dist-upgrade > > It hardly seems worth scripting ...?
Well its not just doing that, its also fixing many of the problems that come along with a dist-upgrade. Also having the documentation in that package would be nice. Along with having a place to file bugs for general upgrade problems. That way problems relating to the upgrade could be tracked and possibly have fixes included in the scripts, or just state it in the documentation. I think it would be worth having something like that to make the upgrades between dists easier on non technical users. Its just my opinion. > > I think maybe someone(I would do it but I am not a DD) should maybe > > package an upgrade kit. > > Consider that this upgrade kit would then have the exact same problem - > if it ever had to change for whatever reason, then you'd have to upgrade > it first before doing anything else. :) > > It's a chicken and egg problem, but the release notes for each > distribution always make it clear what to do. Your probably right here, but the upgrade kit to woody would be in potato and the upgrade kit to woody + 1 would be in woody. It would be there for whenever the user wanted to upgrade. Like I said above, just a thought. -- -Scott Henson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
