Author: Rob Owens Date: To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] upgrade wheezy to devuan jessie instead of ceres
----- Original Message ----- > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 07:35:34PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 02:26:10PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote:
>> > Another 'apt-get update' still produces the 'ignoring provides line' warnings.
>> >
>> > 'apt-get upgrade' tells me that systemd and systemd-sysv are going to be
>> > installed. Additionally, for some reason samba is going to be installed
>> > (nothing against samba, but I don't need it on this system). Various qemu
>> > packages are also going to be installed for some reason.
>> >
>> > If somebody wants to try fixing these issues, I can re-test.
>> >
>>
>> Hi Rob,
>>
>> I don't know if it is related, and maybe my comment is just silly, but
>> in order to upgrade from Wheezy I believe you should give an "apt-get
>> dist-upgrade" and not a simple "apt-get upgrade".
>> That should have read 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. I have corrected my original
email.
>> Sorry if the comment is too stupid or irrelevant, but this little
>> detail might make a difference. Also, I don't know if direct upgrading
>> from Wheezy to Ceres (which is equivalent to an upgrade from an
>> "old-stable" to an "unstable", in Debian words) is actually supported,
>> but Devuan developers will certainly be able to clarify this point
>> better.
I only chose ceres because that was the default when I installed
devuan-baseconf. Which would be a more sensible upgrade path from Wheezy?
Should I have chosen ascii?