>> On Feb 27, 2019, at 5:24 PM, Bo Berglund <bo.bergl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I am running svn on Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS. >>> It reports the following: >>> $ svn --version >>> svn, version 1.9.3 (r1718519) >>> compiled Aug 10 2017, 16:59:15 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu >>> >>> The Ubuntu machine acts as a backup for a Windows 16 based VisualSvn >>> server running at a separate location. >>> Backups are performed using nightly svnsync commands via the Internet. >>> >>> The Ubuntu machine and svn were setup for this purpose about a year >>> ago and since then Ubuntu has been kept updated using apt upgrade and >>> apt dist-upgrade as adviced on the login screen when I regularly check >>> in via PuTTY. >>> >>> But it seems like svn is not being touched by these operations.... >>> >>> So what is the advice on what to do in order to at least get to the >>> latest 1.9 stable release of svn on this machine? >>> It seems like that would be 1.9.10... >>> >>> Since this is a production backup server I am reluctant to risk >>> breaking it, obviously. >> >> More questions after some extensive googling: >> >> On terminal (PuTTY) login this headless server machine displays: >> >> New release '18.04.2 LTS' available. >> Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it. >> >> Since the svn I use is from the Xenial repository (for Ubuntu 16.04 >> LTS) maybe there will never be a later svn version there? >> >> If so is it safe to use do-release-upgrade (as suggested on login) to >> move from Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS to 18.04.2 LTS instead in order to switch >> to a newer ubuntu update repository and therefore get subversion >> upgradeable to later versions? >> >> Will I risk damaging the svn installation or repository data by doing >> so? >> Or do I have any other option? > >Is this a client or a server? > >If the client then generally it is very safe to do. The only question might >be if you are using any other SVN clients besides the command line that are >using the SVN libraries. Even then it is generally very safe but worth knowing >more details. > >If it is a server it is also fairly safe. The main concern would be the Apache >server version change from the upgrade and whether the Apache conf needed to >be >adjusted. > >Mark >
It is a server. Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS headless installation. Its purpose is as a backup for the main server through nightly svnsync. (Replying directly by email since the Gmane news server seems to have stopped forwarding my messages.)
