Re: 7->8: inexplicable difficulty discovering available package versions

2017-02-04 Thread Martin Read
On 04/02/17 07:30, David Christensen wrote: On 02/03/17 11:04, Felix Miata wrote: I just did an apt-get dist-upgrade to reach Jessie 8.7 from Wheezy. I am of the opinion that attempting an in-place major version upgrade of an operating system or a service is folly. Perhaps - and yet, one of

Re: 7->8: inexplicable difficulty discovering available package versions

2017-02-04 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 04-02-2017 05:30, David Christensen wrote: > I am of the opinion that attempting an in-place major version upgrade > of an operating system or a service is folly. The only reliable > method is to do a fresh install on another computer, and then migrate. Whatever works for you. But keep in mind

Re: 7->8: inexplicable difficulty discovering available package versions

2017-02-04 Thread Felix Miata
David Christensen composed on 2017-02-03 23:30 (UTC-0800): Felix Miata wrote: I just did an apt-get dist-upgrade to reach Jessie 8.7 from Wheezy. I am of the opinion that attempting an in-place major version upgrade of an operating system or a service is folly. The only reliable method is

Re: 7->8: inexplicable difficulty discovering available package versions

2017-02-03 Thread David Christensen
On 02/03/17 11:04, Felix Miata wrote: I just did an apt-get dist-upgrade to reach Jessie 8.7 from Wheezy. I am of the opinion that attempting an in-place major version upgrade of an operating system or a service is folly. The only reliable method is to do a fresh install on another computer,

Re: 7->8: inexplicable difficulty discovering available package versions

2017-02-03 Thread Felix Miata
Sven Joachim composed on 2017-02-03 20:54 (UTC+0100): Thank you for your response! On 2017-02-03 14:04 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: I just did an apt-get dist-upgrade to reach Jessie 8.7 from Wheezy. It's still using 3.16 kernel and Xorg server 1.12.4. apt-cache search linux-image shows me the

Re: 7->8: inexplicable difficulty discovering available package versions

2017-02-03 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2017-02-03 14:04 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > I just did an apt-get dist-upgrade to reach Jessie 8.7 from > Wheezy. It's still using 3.16 kernel and Xorg server 1.12.4. apt-cache > search linux-image shows me the various kernel versions to choose from > backports, but apt-cache search xserver-xo

7->8: inexplicable difficulty discovering available package versions

2017-02-03 Thread Felix Miata
I just did an apt-get dist-upgrade to reach Jessie 8.7 from Wheezy. It's still using 3.16 kernel and Xorg server 1.12.4. apt-cache search linux-image shows me the various kernel versions to choose from backports, but apt-cache search xserver-xorg-core produces a short list with no versions. What