I've generally taken most times I've spun up a 6.0.6 and the first thing *I* do is:
*apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade**-y** * This ensures I've pulled in all current security updates; that's the only difference between 6.0.6 and 6.0.7; indeed, /upgrade /and /dist-upgrade/ should work the same between security roll-ups; ther shouldn't be any packages that require the installation of packages that would otherwise conflict - which may be the case between major releases (eg, removing /previously/ "cricital" marked packages when a new major version of something no longer requires it). But then I recommend you test everything yourself; if you have a 5.x release and are going to 6.y, then make an AMI (temporarily) of your current instance, spin it up in a new and separate environment, and test the dist-upgrade on this test host. Then update your real instance, keeping the (temporary) AMI until you're happy the upgrade was successful. Always have a tested plan, and a good roll-back. ;) James On 29/03/2013 5:08 PM, Anders Ingemann wrote: > > If you are currently using 6.0.6 and wish to upgrade to a version > that will continue to be supported by Debian, please follow these > upgrade instructions. > Have we actually ever tested this? There *shouldn't* be any problems > but I honestly haven't ever tried dist-upgrading my AMIs. > > > Anders > > > On 29 March 2013 08:32, James Bromberger <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On 29/03/2013 2:33 PM, Brian Gupta wrote: >> Hey James, just wanted to confirm that the plan isn't to actively >> retire the AMIs as we ship new ones? It's probably not a huge deal >> yet, as I don't know how many folks are using these in production yet, >> but many folks bake AMIs into service orchestration and automation >> frameworks, and even stuff like autoscaling groups. Having the AMIs go >> away isn't great. Having them stop being featured for new users >> looking for Debian is fine and preferred. >> > > My request was for them to discontinue advertising 6.0.6 AMIs, but > that they may stay available for anyone who has them in ASG and > CloudFormation, etc. So I'm interested to see if the old AMIs are > still accessible after the 29th June. We shall see... and adjust > accordingly. > > > -- > /Mobile:/ +61 422 166 708 <tel:%2B61%20422%20166%20708>, /Email:/ > james_AT_rcpt.to > > -- /Mobile:/ +61 422 166 708, /Email:/ james_AT_rcpt.to
