News just in from the Alpha Linux web site <http://www.alphalinux.org>
2005-06-08 20:48:48
I have just upgraded my two alpha machines from Woody (3.0) to Sarge
(3.1) and all is well. The upgrade was very smooth and essentially
effortless. Debian is such a great distribution !
Of course there is no more supporting information. Not even the
identification of the author of this marvelous message. :-)
carl
On 6/15/05, Carl Lowenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 6/15/05, John H. Robinson, IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> > > Now that Sarge is released, I think it time to upgrade my DEC Alpha,
> > > which has been running along on Woody for quite a while.
> > >
> > > The release notes for Sarge tell me how to make sure that I am still
> > > doing Woody updates if needed, before upgrading the whole system to
> > > Sarge. It is not clear to me whether I should update all software to
> > > the latest versions available for Woody before doing the major version
> > > upgrade.
> > >
> > > Is upgrading first to the most recent version of the previous release
> > > necessary, or just nice to do, or absolutely superfluous?
> >
> > Not having gone through the upgrade process yet myself, I'd be tempted
> > to say Not Required. However, the upgrade from Woody to Sarge is not as
> > simple as point to the new sources, and apt-get dist-upgrade. There are
> > a few steps to go through first, such as upgrading certain packages
> > prior to the dist-upgrade (apt and spkg are two that come to mind).
> >
> > This has been tested with the latest of Woody packages, not so with
> > perhaps more legacy woody packages. Of course, the only ones that would
> > have gotten updated were the ones with security patches anyway.
> >
> > You will probably be OK, but you will also be a beta-tester. Or an
> > Alpha-tester, as the case may be.
> For now, I will just upgrade all the Woody packages, and wait a month
> or two. Perhaps the best thing to do is back up anything personal and
> custom, and then do a clean install of Sarge, rather than trying to do
> the much-touted Debian dist-upgrade.
>
> I _would_ like to get a newer version of the kernel so I can do bind
> mounts.
>
> carl
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