Mark Copper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I, ahem, need to upgrade oldstable to stable, but I cannot update my > current oldstable system, no longer supported as it is. How important is > it to do that before upgrading?
Thanks for asking the questions, because the resultant answers were informative. But Geez, man, point some bucks at a competent consultant, and you wouldn't be in this mess. He could keep you up to date with an hour / mo. Stockholders shouldn't be getting ALL the profits, damnit! IT demands maintenance to continue to perform as expected. You should know that. For my $CLIENT, I'm currently updating a critical ksh program which hasn't been touched since it was implemented, fourteen years ago. It's hell, and it needn't be! -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
