Re: upgrading woody - sarge on Sparc 2.
On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 07:58:44AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is an old Sparc 2 here, happily running Woody with Apache and Postfix. Seems that a simple technique for upgrading to Sarge is to replace every occurance of woody with sarge in /etc/apt/sources.list and then update and install in dselect. Is this likely to be successful? After the update you have to do a 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. Will a Woody package run in Sarge? If so I can work in stages. Upgrade the US main first, then the US non-free, then US contribs and etc. I think in general a woody package will run in sarge. It really depends on the libraries being backward compatible though. Would not recommend doing the upgrade in stages: it only guarantees you have an untested combination until you've completed everything. -- Martin --- 30 years from now GNU/Linux will be as redundant a term as UNIX/MERT is today. - Martin Habets --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
upgrading woody - sarge on Sparc 2.
There is an old Sparc 2 here, happily running Woody with Apache and Postfix. Seems that a simple technique for upgrading to Sarge is to replace every occurance of woody with sarge in /etc/apt/sources.list and then update and install in dselect. Is this likely to be successful? Will a Woody package run in Sarge? If so I can work in stages. Upgrade the US main first, then the US non-free, then US contribs and etc. Are Apache and Postfix working OK in Sparc Sarge? Thanks,Peter Easthope shark at gulfnet dot sd64.bc.ca Desktops.OpenDoc http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrading woody - sarge on Sparc 2.
On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 07:58:44AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is an old Sparc 2 here, happily running Woody with Apache and Postfix. Seems that a simple technique for upgrading to Sarge is to replace every occurance of woody with sarge in /etc/apt/sources.list and then update and install in dselect. Is this likely to be successful? It would probably be best to follow the release notes/installation instructions, especially on an old machine like this. You might want to pay particular attention to the parts that say '...back up your system before upgrading' On questionable architectures, I created an NFS root first, then upgraded. If it went OK, I then copied that back to the disk. If it doesn't, no harm done. Takes a little longer, but takes some of the nail biting out of it, too. I did that on both my SS20 and my dual PPC 604 machine. If something goes wrong you can just start over. Will a Woody package run in Sarge? If so I can work in stages. Upgrade the US main first, then the US non-free, then US contribs and etc. I guess that would depend on the package, but most do. You would be better off upgrading to sarge and then downgrading those packages to the woody version. Are Apache and Postfix working OK in Sparc Sarge? Sarge is 'stable', remember? ~:^) a -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]