From: Julien Cristau
The introductory chapter already mentions that skipping a major
release is not supported but it is easy to miss. Repeat the advice
in the Upgrades chapter.
Fixes: http://bugs.debian.org/608022
Requested-by: Witold Baryluk
Signed-off-by: Julien Cristau
Acked-by: Adam D. Barratt
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder
---
Adam, I carried over your ack; I hope that's okay.
en/upgrading.dbk |7 +++
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/en/upgrading.dbk b/en/upgrading.dbk
index 06fc6a8..2f70883 100644
--- a/en/upgrading.dbk
+++ b/en/upgrading.dbk
@@ -277,6 +277,13 @@ upgrade process, you may wish to remove third-party
packages from your system
before you begin upgrading.
+
+Direct upgrades from Debian releases older than &oldrelease; (&oldreleasename;)
+are not supported.
+Please follow the instructions in the http://www.debian.org/releases/&oldreleasename;/releasenotes";>Release
+Notes for &debian; &oldrelease; to upgrade to &oldrelease; first.
+
This procedure also assumes your system has been updated to the latest point
release of &oldreleasename;. If you have not done this or are unsure, follow
the
instructions in .
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