Hello, El dom., 10 sept. 2023 21:55, Marco <li...@homerow.info> escribió:
> On Fri, 8 Sep 2023 12:26:38 -0400 > Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > > > > That is quite an involved task. I didn't expect such fiddling for a > > > simple OS update. I'm a bit worried that the permissions and owners > > > go haywire when I copy stuff directly off the server onto a VM and > > > back onto the server. Is there a recommended procedure or > > > documentation available? > > > > Can you start a temporary VM directly on the server? > > I might actually. I'll have to check the following days. > > > If so, you can > > * stop your remote Debian machine > > * run a Debian rescue image in the VM on the NFS server > > * have the VM mount the filesystem directly > > * chroot, run usrmerge > > * unmount > > Ok, that's also quite a task, but it seems less error-prone than > copying a bunch of system files across the network and hope for the > best. I'll try. > > Marco > Maybe you can open a new bug asking for a better documentation or what should be done in this case. Maybe dpkg -L with both files can help to clarify what should be done Regards >
