On Thu 28 Jul 2016 at 05:21:59 (-0400), Steve Matzura wrote:
> Should I follow the standard procedure--edit sources.list to include
> the DVD drive (if it's not there already), then 'apt-get upgrade'
> followed by 'apt-get full-upgrade'?
There are some great answers accumulating in this thread, but my first
question is what are you ugrading from? After all, you posted under
the Subject line "Networking nonfunctional on 8.0" yesterday.
Probably most people read 8.0 as Debian 8, but is that true?
After all, you posted this back in May:
Subject: Upgrading from 8.2 to 8.4
From: Steve Matzura <s...@noisynotes.com>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 10:13:59 -0400
Message-id: <[🔎] 58objbdl44cn8607m5kkimkrg9u964h...@4ax.com>
Are 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get dist-upgrade' sufficient?
That's phrased in such a way as to make me think that you are keeping
your system up-to-date with security fixes. If so, the point releases
are being applied in the same way as for everyone else. You can check
this for us by posting the output of
$ cat /etc/debian_version
You can then relax a little and browse the release notes for jessie
(or the draft for stretch) to gain familiarity with the process that
others are recommending.
One small addition: 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get upgrade' (without
the dist-) will occasionally respond with 'and N not upgraded'
and you will need to run 'apt-get dist-upgrade' if you want those
upgrades (with odd new packages) to be applied. Normally, 'dist-'
is not required.
Cheers,
David.
