On Sat, 24 Jun 2017, Andrew wrote: > Ive tried to update a non GUI system from Wheezy to Stretch and its gone > horribly wrong.
... > Would I have been wise to upgrade it to Jessie first? Yes. The safest procedure is: 1. Update to the latest point-release of the version you have installed. 2. Read the release notes of the *next* Debian stable version 2a. update to the latest point-release of the next debian stable version, using the method described in the release notes. 3. clean up 4. repeat 2, 2a, 3 until you arrive at the latest Debian stable version. Which kinda means it would have been faster for you to do a full backup (which you should always do before major upgrades, anyway) and install stretch from scratch, I suppose. -- Henrique Holschuh