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 sy
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 recomme
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 held
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
...
> Mixing Debian with other distributions is dangerous.
yes, that's just asking for trouble.
songbird
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 fi
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 Fi
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
> 201
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/ bu
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 configurati
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:
> > > > > C
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 w
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
> (whi
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 v
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 opportunity
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 incorrec
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 thi
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 by
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 u
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. Upgradin
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.
>
> som
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
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
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
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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) x8
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
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
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 r
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-
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 versi
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.
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
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