Thanks for the summary. Yes, apt-get upgrade followed by
apt-get dist-upgrade is always a good practice, resolving
issues in smaller steps.
On Fri, Aug 07, 2026 at 01:09:16PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2026 at 11:01:24AM +0100, Kevin Chadwick via Dng wrote
>
> > I didn't have any issues on an upgrade a couple of weeks ago. Follow this
> >
> > "https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation/install-guides/excalibur/upgrade-to-excalibur"
>
> Thank you; that's what I was looking for. Here's my distilled
> summary. Does this look OK?
>
> ===========================================================================
> Based on...
> https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation/install-guides/excalibur/upgrade-to-excalibur
>
> exit X entirely; log in as root at a real text console
> update and upgrade and usrmerge
>
> apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
> apt-get install usrmerge
>
> Change /etc/apt/sources.list to the following. Why the commented
> "backports" line?
>
> deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged excalibur main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
> deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged excalibur-updates main
> deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged excalibur-security main
> #deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged excalibur-backports main
>
> The upgrade.
>
> apt-get update
> apt-get upgrade
> apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> if any packages fail, fix and restart
>
> apt-get -f install
> apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> clean up orphaned packages
>
> apt-get autoremove --purge
> apt-get autoclean
> ===========================================================================
>
> I'll be upgrading my newer "hot backup" machine first. It has a QEMU
> VM hosting ArcoOS running an old OS/2 turn-based game. It uses VNC
> "DISPLAY :1" (X is not running). I access it from my main desktop via
> vinaigre. Can the QEMU VM keep running during the upgrade?
>
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> Walter Dnes <waltdnes@???>
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> 1) Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data
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