Upgrading a distribution
September 21, 2003 06:30 AM
Hi,
I''ve been running RedHat since 4.2 and I think it''s a great Linux dist, but I have this one peeve about it. Every time I want to upgrade to a new version of RedHat I have to download the isos and burn a couple of CDs (or use ftp). I wish it could be possible to upgrade the whole dist using up2date, but every dist has its own branch of rpms, so no matter how many times you run up2date, you''ll never get from RH8.0 to RH9.
A friend of mine said that Debians apt-get always let you have the latest version of the distribution. Is this true? Can I upgrade the distribution as well as the programs in Debian?
Thanks.
Kotumo
410
September 21, 2003 10:42 AM
I know you can do that with my distribution (Source Mage), which is one of the reasons why I chose it.
---New infokeeps brain running;must gas up!
707
September 21, 2003 10:47 AM
Gentoo does the same.
emerge sync
emerge -u world
updates pretty much everything
emerge sync
emerge -u world
updates pretty much everything
120
September 21, 2003 02:23 PM
If you use apt-rmp for redhat can''t you just change the apt-sources to new distro and upgrade all?
1,099
September 21, 2003 05:07 PM
To actually answer the OP''s question, unlike some people
Yes. You can with debian. In fact, my debian install actually references the stable branch, rather than any specific sub-branch. So, when sarge becomes stable, apt-get is going to tell me I''ve got 134 packages to upgrade...
Yes. You can with debian. In fact, my debian install actually references the stable branch, rather than any specific sub-branch. So, when sarge becomes stable, apt-get is going to tell me I''ve got 134 packages to upgrade...
120
September 22, 2003 02:02 AM
quote: Original post by C-Junkie
To actually answer the OP''s question, unlike some people
Yes. You can with debian. In fact, my debian install actually references the stable branch, rather than any specific sub-branch. So, when sarge becomes stable, apt-get is going to tell me I''ve got 134 packages to upgrade...
I had Debian once and apt was great.. but it is for RPM packages too!! I use apt-get currently in RedHat 9 and it works well so far...
http://apt.freshrpms.net/
September 22, 2003 03:40 PM
Hi,
Thanks for the answers. I updated to RH9 using CDs. Big mistake. Afterwards, MySQL gave me a Segmentation fault and iptables hung the computer. I''ll give apt-rpm a try before I jump ship and join Deb and Ian
Kotumo
Thanks for the answers. I updated to RH9 using CDs. Big mistake. Afterwards, MySQL gave me a Segmentation fault and iptables hung the computer. I''ll give apt-rpm a try before I jump ship and join Deb and Ian
Kotumo
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