On Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:41:03 +0100
Mark Fortescue via clamav-users <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> wrote:
One quick answer to why people do not upgrade the OS is that the
hardware does not support the upgrade (mostly due to memory and x86_64).
I work with embedded systems where the code is very specific to the
hardware so new hardware is not an option.
For others it may just be the hassle of starting setting up a new OS and
fixing all the distribution bugs/annoyances that get installed with each
new OS all over again.
On 28.07.21 00:26, Paul Kosinski via clamav-users wrote:
In my case, I can't simply upgrade to the latest Debian (or any other
distro), as one of the systems is our home firewall and gateway -- with
iptables, multi-LAN routing (with local DNS), a bit of bridging, encrypted
tunnels to elsewhere, etc. This means we would lose *all* Internet
connectivity for who knows how long if I tried an in-place upgrade.
a bit OT, but I upgrade debian servers for years in a short steps, combining
"apt-get upgrade" so only safe packages are upgraded
and manual upgrades a few at once via aptitude
(so packages with complicated dependencies at the end, e.g. perl)
with configuration differences (updatedb; locate -e .dpkg- .ucf-) handled
between those steps.
it takes a bit more time, but reduces outages.
Ubuntu can be handled similarly (however, even base ubuntu is uselessly
bloated and has bit more complicated dependencies).
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