On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 04:54:17 +1300 cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > On Sun, Mar 05, 2017 at 09:07:45AM -0500, songbird wrote: > > because i keep a second bootable partition a > > few versions back i am a bit more brave/stupid > > at times and just do the usual routine: > > > > ===== > > > > $ apt-get update > > $ apt-get upgrade > > > > # and then see what is held back before doing the > > I suggest doing: > > apt-get upgrade --with-new-pkgs > > just before: > > > $ apt-get dist-upgrade > > See: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/10/msg00279.html
I'd read the "Upgrades from Debian 8 (Jessie)" section in the Stretch Release Notes first. It's never as simple as changing to the new repos and doing a dist-upgrade. https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ B