Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-12 Thread Carles Pina i Estany
Hi, On Jan/09/2021, Carl Fink wrote: > On Sat, 2021-01-09 at 15:25 -0600, William Torrez Corea wrote: > > My version actually is Debian 4.19.146-1 (2020-09-17) x86_64 > > GNU/Linux. > > The recommendation is to reinstall instead. It's easier and doesn't > take much more time. Depends on the

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-11 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 04:44:03 -0800 Peter Ehlert 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

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian ???buster????

2021-01-11 Thread David Wright
On Mon 11 Jan 2021 at 09:13:53 (-0600), David Wright wrote: > On Mon 11 Jan 2021 at 01:34:41 (-0600), William Torrez Corea wrote: > > cat /etc/debian_version > > 10.7 > > So that looks as if you're running buster at the latest point-release, > with the exception of any packages that are being

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian ???buster????

2021-01-11 Thread songbird
Andrei POPESCU wrote: ... > Mixing Debian with other distributions is dangerous. yes, that's just asking for trouble. songbird

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian ???buster????

2021-01-11 Thread David Wright
On Mon 11 Jan 2021 at 01:34:41 (-0600), William Torrez Corea wrote: > cat /etc/debian_version > 10.7 So that looks as if you're running buster at the latest point-release, with the exception of any packages that are being held back, like presumably the kernel. > cat /etc/apt/sources.list This

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-11 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 21:54:41 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 10 ian 21, 17:05:09, Joe wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:31:12 +0200 > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > On Du, 10 ian 21, 04:44:03, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > > > > > > > On 1/9/21 5:04 PM, John Hasler wrote: > > > > > Carl

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian ???buster????

2021-01-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 11 ian 21, 01:34:41, William Torrez Corea wrote: > cat /etc/debian_version > 10.7 It looks like your are running up-to-date buster, at least to the most recent point release. > cat /etc/apt/sources.list > # > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 10.0.0 _Buster_ - Official amd64 NETINST >

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian ???buster????

2021-01-10 Thread William Torrez Corea
cat /etc/debian_version 10.7 cat /etc/apt/sources.list # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 10.0.0 _Buster_ - Official amd64 NETINST 20190706-10:23]/ buster main #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 10.0.0 _Buster_ - Official amd64 NETINST 20190706-10:23]/ buster main deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-10 Thread Felix Miata
Andrei POPESCU composed on 2021-01-10 18:31 (UTC+0200): > Peter Ehlert wrote: >> John Hasler wrote: >>> ...Upgrading works well and is >>> supported and recommended by Debian. >> sometimes, but not always. I prefer Reinstall, it's painless > The install? Sure. > Migrating all your

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-10 Thread Joe
On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 21:54:41 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 10 ian 21, 17:05:09, Joe wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:31:12 +0200 > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > On Du, 10 ian 21, 04:44:03, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > > > > > > > On 1/9/21 5:04 PM, John Hasler wrote: > > > > >

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-10 Thread Joe
On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 21:39:29 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 10 ian 21, 16:58:57, Joe wrote: > > > > I thought of the --get-selections route, but decided against it. > > There may be a few specific packages responsible for the problems. > > Certainly an exact clone is exactly what I don't

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-10 Thread Weaver
On 11-01-2021 02:28, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 10 ian 21, 05:27:26, Weaver wrote: >> >> Unless you're running a server, it's a good idea to be running SID, and >> then you don't have to worry about it anyway. > > Been there, done that. One can learn a lot, especially from the troubles >

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 ian 21, 17:05:09, Joe wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:31:12 +0200 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Du, 10 ian 21, 04:44:03, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > > > > > On 1/9/21 5:04 PM, John Hasler wrote: > > > > Carl Fink writes: > > > > > I'm repeating the recommendation I've seen on this

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 ian 21, 16:58:57, Joe wrote: > > I thought of the --get-selections route, but decided against it. There > may be a few specific packages responsible for the problems. Certainly > an exact clone is exactly what I don't want. So I'm spending a lot of > time with apt, taking the

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-10 Thread Joe
On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:31:12 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 10 ian 21, 04:44:03, Peter Ehlert 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

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-10 Thread Joe
On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:46:53 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 05:27:26AM -0800, Weaver wrote: > > On 10-01-2021 22:44, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > > On 1/9/21 5:04 PM, John Hasler wrote: > > >> Carl Fink writes: > > >>> I'm repeating the recommendation I've seen on

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 ian 21, 04:44:03, Peter Ehlert 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

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 ian 21, 05:27:26, Weaver wrote: > > Unless you're running a server, it's a good idea to be running SID, and > then you don't have to worry about it anyway. Been there, done that. One can learn a lot, especially from the troubles (which I got into literally days after the first time I

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 05:27:26AM -0800, Weaver wrote: > On 10-01-2021 22:44, Peter Ehlert 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.

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-10 Thread Weaver
On 10-01-2021 22:44, Peter Ehlert 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. > >

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-10 Thread Peter Ehlert
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

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 09 ian 21, 19:58:06, Carl Fink wrote: > On Sat, 2021-01-09 at 23:39 +0100, deloptes wrote: > > Carl Fink wrote: > > > > > The recommendation is to reinstall instead. It's easier and doesn't > > > take much more time. > > > > Please do not share your personal thoughts as recommendations. I

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 09 ian 21, 15:25:17, William Torrez Corea wrote: > My version actually is Debian 4.19.146-1 (2020-09-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux. > Please show the output of 'apt policy'. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-09 Thread David Wright
On Sat 09 Jan 2021 at 15:25:17 (-0600), William Torrez Corea wrote: > My version actually is Debian 4.19.146-1 (2020-09-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux. You *are* running buster: that's the *kernel* version. Mine looks like this: $ uname -a Linux axis 4.19.0-13-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.160-2 (2020-11-28)

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-09 Thread John Darrah
On Sat, 2021-01-09 at 13:26 -0800, William Torrez Corea wrote: > My version actually is Debian 4.19.146-1 (2020-09-17) x86_64 > GNU/Linux. > See this: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUpgrade -- john

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-09 Thread John Hasler
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. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-09 Thread Carl Fink
On Sat, 2021-01-09 at 23:39 +0100, deloptes wrote: > Carl Fink wrote: > > > The recommendation is to reinstall instead. It's easier and doesn't > > take much more time. > > Please do not share your personal thoughts as recommendations. I > would never > reinstall my system. Please don't try to

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian ???buster????

2021-01-09 Thread Dan Ritter
William Torrez Corea wrote: > My version actually is Debian 4.19.146-1 (2020-09-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux. > Well, that's a Buster or buster-backports kernel. What does /etc/debian-version say? What are the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list ? -dsr-

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-09 Thread deloptes
Carl Fink wrote: > The recommendation is to reinstall instead. It's easier and doesn't > take much more time. Please do not share your personal thoughts as recommendations. I would never reinstall my system. The OP is asking specifically for help on upgrade and obviously showing the kernel

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-09 Thread Anssi Saari
William Torrez Corea writes: > My version actually is Debian 4.19.146-1 (2020-09-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux. It seems you might already be running Buster although that looks like a kernel version. You can check with lsb_release -d or the GUI program hardinfo.

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-09 Thread Carl Fink
On Sat, 2021-01-09 at 15:25 -0600, William Torrez Corea wrote: > My version actually is Debian 4.19.146-1 (2020-09-17) x86_64 > GNU/Linux. The recommendation is to reinstall instead. It's easier and doesn't take much more time. -- Carl Finkc...@finknetwork.com

How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-09 Thread William Torrez Corea
My version actually is Debian 4.19.146-1 (2020-09-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux. -- With kindest regards, William. ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org ⠈⠳⣄