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  • Re: installation

    From Greg Wooledge@21:1/5 to dewey rahn on Fri Jun 28 19:50:01 2024
    On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 19:20:54 +0200, dewey rahn wrote:
    When I used to use Debian when a new release came out (like from 10 to 11) you had to completely reinstall the operation system. Is that the case now?

    That has *never* been the case. Debian has always supported in-place
    upgrades between releases.

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  • From dewey rahn@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 28 19:40:02 2024
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  • From tomas@tuxteam.de@21:1/5 to Greg Wooledge on Fri Jun 28 20:20:01 2024
    On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 01:40:52PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
    On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 19:20:54 +0200, dewey rahn wrote:
    When I used to use Debian when a new release came out (like from 10 to 11) you had to completely reinstall the operation system. Is that the case now?

    That has *never* been the case. Debian has always supported in-place upgrades between releases.

    Agreed. I'm with Debian since roughly 2000 (Potato, Woody/Sarge) and
    upgrade has always been fairly smooth. Since early 2010s (Wheezy), it
    has been downright boring :-)

    Reading the release notes is highly recommended, though.

    Cheers
    --
    tomás

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  • From David Christensen@21:1/5 to dewey rahn on Sat Jun 29 01:20:01 2024
    On 6/28/24 10:20, dewey rahn wrote:
    When I used to use Debian when a new release came out (like from 10 to 11) you had to completely reinstall the operation system. Is that the case now?


    I have invested myself in backup, recovery, and version control/
    configuration management. So, a major version upgrade for me consists
    of backing up data on Debian version X, verifying that all of the system configuration files are checked in to the version control system (CVS),
    pulling the old system drive, installing a wiped disk drive, doing a
    fresh install of Debian version X+1, checking out the system
    configuration files to a side directory, merging system configuration
    files by hand, and restoring data.


    I suggest that you start by implementing a version control system that
    you can use over the network.


    David

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