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Re: Wheezy to Stretch

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On 02/21/2018 10:47 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 10:39:54AM -0800, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
>> On 02/21/2018 09:45 AM, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote:
>>> I am running Wheezy (v7 = oldoldstable) and intend to replace it with a fresh
>>> install of Stretch (v9 = stable) before Wheezy's support runs out on May
>>> 31st.  I will try the default systemd installation and see how I like it.
>>
>> Okay, but I suggest instead you keep your wheezy system and your wheezy
>> sources and do a upgrade using package upgrade-system, it will clean your
>> system and then add the stretch sources including backports and run apt
>> update & apt-upgrade and then run upgrade-system until your system is
>> upgraded and clean, careful that sysvinit is not removed cause that package
>> is not in stretch. You can also use apt dist-upgrade and deborphan.
>>
> Note that upgrades skipping a release (e.g., wheezy -> stretch instead
> of wheezy -> jessie -> stretch) are not supported. A fresh install
> sounds like the better route in this case.
> 
> Also, adding backports sources for the target version during an upgrade
> is a terrible idea. Packages in backports have not received upgrade
> testing, so who knows what sort of a mess it could create.
> 
> For Steven, the best thing is to read the release notes and/or
> installation manual and follow the instructions found there.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Roberto
I know what I'm talking about and if I can do it anybody can do it, 
Debian has given us all the tools we need to upgrade any stable release 
to current stable release or higher for that matter, thank about it. 
Just start with a simple upgrade first before tackling the other things, 
it's not rocket science after all.

Cheers,
-- 
Jimmy Johnson

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - KDE Plasma 5.12.1 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda9
Registered Linux User #380263

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Wheezy to Stretch "Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" <kleenesj@UCMAIL.UC.EDU> - 2018-02-21 19:00 +0100
  Re: Wheezy to Stretch Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-02-21 19:20 +0100
    Re: Wheezy to Stretch Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2018-02-21 19:40 +0100
  Re: Wheezy to Stretch Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-02-21 19:50 +0100
    Re: Wheezy to Stretch deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 20:20 +0100
      Re: Wheezy to Stretch Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-02-21 20:30 +0100
        Re: Wheezy to Stretch deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 21:20 +0100
    Re: Wheezy to Stretch john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-02-21 20:20 +0100
    Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 21:50 +0100
      Re: Wheezy to Stretch Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-02-21 22:00 +0100
      Re: Wheezy to Stretch rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-02-22 04:10 +0100
        Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 08:10 +0100
          Re: Wheezy to Stretch rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-02-22 14:10 +0100
          Re: Wheezy to Stretch Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-02-22 15:00 +0100
            Re: Wheezy to Stretch deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 18:40 +0100
              RE: Wheezy to Stretch "Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" <kleenesj@UCMAIL.UC.EDU> - 2018-02-22 18:50 +0100
      Re: Wheezy to Stretch Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 11:30 +0100
  Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 19:50 +0100
    Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 22:00 +0100
      Re: Wheezy to Stretch Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-02-21 22:10 +0100
        Re: Wheezy to Stretch Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2018-02-21 22:40 +0100
          Re: Wheezy to Stretch Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-02-21 23:00 +0100
            Re: Wheezy to Stretch Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2018-02-21 23:20 +0100
              Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 01:00 +0100
        Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 22:40 +0100
      Re: Wheezy to Stretch deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 22:40 +0100
        Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 22:50 +0100
          Re: Wheezy to Stretch Karol Augustin <karol@augustin.pl> - 2018-02-21 23:20 +0100
            Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 01:20 +0100
          Re: Wheezy to Stretch deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 08:20 +0100
            Re: Wheezy to Stretch Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2018-02-22 11:20 +0100
  Re: Wheezy to Stretch Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 03:50 +0100

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