On Thu 07 Dec 2017 at 21:02:38 +0100, John Naggets wrote: > On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 8:29 PM, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > > >> Actually moving on the Debian stretch I would not need anymore the > >> backports because the ZFS packages are included in stretch. So could I > >> just get rid of my backports APT source by deleting my list file > >> beforehand and then simply do a dist-upgrade? > > > > My personal recommendation would be to comment out (or delete) the > > old backports line(s). If in the future you find yourself wanting > > stretch-backports (from buster) then add the new backports line at > > that time. > > I think I will go for that variant as it makes the most sense to me.
It doesn't make any difference. The update and upgrade will not get any packages from jessie-backports. But, whatever suits you. > What about third-party APT repositories sources such as for MongoDB, > Nextcloud, etc, would one simply replace "jessie" with "stretch" in > the sources files at the same time as for the official Debian APT > repositories before running a dist-upgrade? By all means. Whether they have stretch versions is a different matter. -- Brian