Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?
On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 21:54:41 +0200
Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Du, 10 ian 21, 17:05:09, Joe wrote:
> > On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:31:12 +0200
> > Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Du, 10 ian 21, 04:44:03, Peter Ehlert wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 1/9/21 5:04 PM, John Hasler wrote:
> > > > > Carl Fink writes:
> > > > > > I'm repeating the recommendation I've seen on this very
> > > > > > list for decades.
> > > > > It is an incorrect recommendation. Upgrading works well and
> > > > > is supported and recommended by Debian.
> > > >
> > > > sometimes, but not always. I prefer Reinstall, it's painless
> > >
> > > The install? Sure.
> > >
> > > Migrating all your configurations to the new system? Less so.
> > >
> >
> > Not just the configurations. Installing a couple of thousand
> > packages will take some time, if you are unwilling to use a cloning
> > method.
>
> With a few notable exceptions for me it's mostly enough to replicate
> only the set of manually installed packages.
>
> Of course, on such occasions I do use the opportunity to review what
> packages I still need, which usually takes more time than the actual
> installation :D
Indeed. I'm using the cacheing method of installing what I think I
need, with the expectation of installing much more as actually required
in the future. In Debian, it's fairly trivial to install a necessary
package without holding up work for long.
>
> Eventually I intend to have that information in a configuration
> management system (e.g. ansible), so that getting a new system
> installed and fully configured is mostly automated.
This is the second time I've installed this instance of sid, the only
one that I currently use, in more than ten years. I don't feel it
justifies too much effort to make the process quicker.
--
Joe
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