From: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org> The introductory chapter already mentions that skipping a major release is not supported but it is easy to miss. Repeat the advice in the Upgrades chapter.
Fixes: http://bugs.debian.org/608022 Requested-by: Witold Baryluk <bary...@smp.if.uj.edu.pl> Signed-off-by: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org> Acked-by: Adam D. Barratt <a...@adam-barratt.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> --- Adam, I carried over your ack; I hope that's okay. en/upgrading.dbk | 7 +++++++ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/en/upgrading.dbk b/en/upgrading.dbk index 06fc6a8..2f70883 100644 --- a/en/upgrading.dbk +++ b/en/upgrading.dbk @@ -277,6 +277,13 @@ upgrade process, you may wish to remove third-party packages from your system before you begin upgrading. </para> +<para> +Direct upgrades from Debian releases older than &oldrelease; (&oldreleasename;) +are not supported. +Please follow the instructions in the <ulink +url="http://www.debian.org/releases/&oldreleasename;/releasenotes">Release +Notes for &debian; &oldrelease;</ulink> to upgrade to &oldrelease; first. +</para> <para> This procedure also assumes your system has been updated to the latest point release of &oldreleasename;. If you have not done this or are unsure, follow the instructions in <xref linkend="old-upgrade"/>. -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org