On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 04:44:03 -0800 Peter Ehlert <pe...@sdi-baja.com> wrote:
> > On 1/9/21 5:04 PM, John Hasler wrote: > > Carl Fink writes: > >> I'm repeating the recommendation I've seen on this very list for > >> decades. > > It is an incorrect recommendation. Upgrading works well and is > > supported and recommended by Debian. > > sometimes, but not always. I prefer Reinstall, it's painless > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUpgrade > > "Performing a release upgrade is not without risk. The upgrade may fail, > leaving the system in a non-functioning state. USERS SHOULD BACKUP ALL > DATA before attempting a release upgrade" And you certainly SHOULD BACKUP ALL DATA before reinstalling, unless the data is on a different disk than you're installing to, I suppose, but in that case, I assume that you don't need to backup when upgrading, either. (Of course, you should always be backing up everything you care about, whatever you're doing.) Celejar