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On Aug 09, 2013, bad apple wrote: > On 09/08/13 14:54, Tony Sumner wrote: > > I am trying > > to move to the stable Wheezy but it is not easy > As Martijn said, have a look at the secure-apt page, particularly this: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/05/msg00000.html > > You may need to import a new key. Thanks; will do. > As for upgrading from Squeeze > Wheezy, it's actually really > straight-forward - just ask if you want more advice. The steps are > essentially: > > 1: Make sure everything is backed up, obviously. > 2: Change all your sources in /etc/apt/sources.list and > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* from squeeze to wheezy* > 3: Run apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade > 4: Reboot and sort out any minor details left over from the upgrade. > > Although not officially recommended, I do release upgrades on Debian > based systems like this all the time (literally, pretty much every > single day). It's very unusual for anything to go wrong at all, unheard > of for catastrophic failure. So far, at least. Looks good. I'll read around it and learn more then I'll try it. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq