Stefan Monnier writes:
> [ Speaking as someone who re-installs as rarely as possible, and whose
> machines almost all derive (via upgrades like yours) from an install
> from around 2006. ]
OK, now were talking
Thanks again to all posters... really good expert help here.
[...] main bul
On Thu, 03 Dec 2015 00:36:23 -0500
Harry Putnam wrote:
> Resurrecting a neglected OS, need a little coaching about the output
> of `aptitude full-upgrade'.
>
> I want to know if this output is fairly typical or what one might
> expect after neglecting an OS a good while... but mostly if going
>
[ Speaking as someone who re-installs as rarely as possible, and whose
machines almost all derive (via upgrades like yours) from an install
from around 2006. ]
> | The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
> |
> | Remove the following packages:
> | 1
On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 00:36 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Resurrecting a neglected OS, need a little coaching about the output
> of `aptitude full-upgrade'.
If this is an upgrade from one stable release to another, just read the
release notes and follow the recommended procedure.
--
Cheers,
Sven
On Thu, December 3, 2015 5:15 am, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 12:36:23AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Resurrecting a neglected OS, need a little coaching about the output of
>> `aptitude full-upgrade'.
The best approach for long neglect likely is a fresh installation, which
can
On Thursday 03 December 2015 05:36:23 Harry Putnam wrote:
> Resurrecting a neglected OS, need a little coaching about the output
> of `aptitude full-upgrade'.
When updating an even slightly neglected OS, I _never_ go straight to
full-upgrade.
# aptitude safe-upgrade
followed by
# aptitude full
On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 12:36:23AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
Resurrecting a neglected OS, need a little coaching about the output of
`aptitude full-upgrade'.
I want to know if this output is fairly typical or what one might
expect after neglecting an OS a good while... but mostly if going ah
On Thu, 03 Dec 2015 00:36:23 -0500
Harry Putnam wrote:
> Resurrecting a neglected OS, need a little coaching about the output
> of `aptitude full-upgrade'.
>
How 'long-neglected', and, importantly, which version is this?
If it is unstable, this may work, but I'd recommend using apt-get
rather
On 12/02/2015 09:36 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
Resurrecting a neglected OS, need a little coaching about the output
of `aptitude full-upgrade'.
...
Are there red flags in the above output that mean I need to do
preliminary work before `full-uptrade' ?
My goal is to *use* Debian, so I want stabil
Resurrecting a neglected OS, need a little coaching about the output
of `aptitude full-upgrade'.
I want to know if this output is fairly typical or what one might
expect after neglecting an OS a good while... but mostly if going
ahead is likely to land my subpar skilled behind in hot water.
I've
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