[TriLUG] Upgrade Debian 7 to 8

[Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG]

Truth is that if you have your sources.list setup to point to stable or
testing, as opposed to say by name (wheezy, jessie, etc) then it will
always track stable or testing with each release and the normal upgrade and
dist upgrade cycle will move you along.

And then there is Sid, the true rolling release of the debian world.

Ken

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Aaron Schrab via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> At 15:49 -0400 08 Sep 2016, Grawburg via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
>> I understand I can, with care, upgrade my Debian 7 to 8 (Jessie) without
>> a totally new install. My question is simple: Am I asking for trouble doing
>> it this way instead of doing a fresh install on a new HD?
>>
>
> I've upgraded Debian systems a number of times without issues. Although I
> haven't done this specific update, I chose to replace most of my older
> systems for other reasons.
>
> I've seen a number of people on the debian-devel mailing list who say they
> have systems which were originally installed with truly ancient versions
> and have been incrementally upgraded to the latest release.
>
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