Re: bookworm upgrade report: boring
On Mon 12 Jun 2023 at 08:50:54 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jun 2023 12:31:31 -0400
> Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > The machine I am typing on has been upgraded from bullseye to
> > bookworm. TL;DR: boring, which is good.
>
> ...
>
> > I read the release notes.
> >
> > Changed sources.list entries.
> >
> > Ran apt update.
> >
> > I ran apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs before apt full-upgrade.
> > Then I rebooted.
> >
> > Everything's working. In the end, I didn't make any config
> > changes (left everything as "keep current config").
>
> This is the part that always stresses me out; I often have changes in
> the default config files that I don't want to lose, but I'm also
> worried about not getting the latest versions of the config files. I
> usually try to accept the new files and manually bring in any important
> changes I've made to the old ones, but this takes time and patience to
> do right, and things can break if not done right :)
I have taken to assuming that detected changes are due to my efforts
and reject the package version offered. Less stressful and speeds up
the installation. If necessary, I investigate afterwards.
--
Brian.
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