On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:07:27 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>there are two cases where an upgrade can fail:
A monty Python fan there, eh?
>1) You waited to long. It may be hard to upgrade a rexx system (although
>2) You changed the system in places unknown to dpkg. I'm not sure how much
>3) A bug in either a package or dpkg. Please report the bug, we'll try to
;)
>Please don't spread FUD about it.
I love that term, FUD. It implies an untruth. It is true that people
have complained about a bo->hamm upgade on this list.
Here is another truth. I've got directories and files that were not
removed when a package was purged. Easiest way to reclaim all this space,
aside from a few hours of searching the entire HD is to take about an hour to
just wipe the main static portions while leaving the dynamic portions alone.
>hamm manually, not only recently but also in earlier states of hamm. The
>success varied, but made me optimistic that mostly all users can upgrade
>easily (either using autoup.sh or apt) to hamm *without* reinstall.
This goes against this:
>Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and
>superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through
>every version, even major version changes.
"The success varied" and "that mostly all users can upgrade easily...to
hamm *without* reinstall" also states that there were failures and that there
will be users who cannot uprgrade w/o a reinstall. "There is no need for a
re-install" is an aboslute. In your own words you have conceeded there will
be cases that there will be a need for a reinstall.
>BTW: You also want to keep /usr/local, /home and parts of /var.
People generally seperate those out from / while /etc is not. I did
state that one would be replacing the "Static" portions of the OS.
/usr/local, /home, /var, /tmp are rarely static.
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