On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 09:23:44AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 05 mai 13, 19:30:00, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > I never use the "Stable" name any more. Learned my lesson a > > few years ago when I upgraded an install of Etch--sources set to > > "Stable"--not realizing that Lenny had just become the new "Stable". I > > ended up with a hybrid system, a mix of Etch and Lenny. Amazingly, it > > still worked. And still does. However, I never 'apt-get upgraded' again > > for fear of trashing it. > > It should be possible to upgrade it completely to lenny and then squeeze > and then wheezy. Reading the corresponding Release Notes is strongly > recommended.
I just did that recently for an old sarge system. One gotcha I encountered was with the upgrade of vim, and no amount of googling solved it for me. What happened was that the syntax highlighting and plugin detection suddenly stopped working. Eventually I found that the cure was: "mv /etc/vim/vimrc.dpkg-dist /etc/vim/vimrc" http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.packages.vim.devel/1685 I *just* found that link, looking for the proper "vimrc.dpkg-xxx" name! -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130506152118.GB6582@tal