Upgrade

[Derek Broughton]

Mario Vukelic wrote:

> On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 23:14 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> 1) change your /etc/apt/sources.list to point to the ubuntu sources
>> 2) sudo aptitude update
>> 3) sudo aptitude full-upgrade
> 
> ... and miss all packages that had a higher version number in Debian
> than they have in Ubuntu (rare but happens).

That's where the whole iteration business comes in.

> I know we have discussed this before, and didn't we come to the
> conclusion that is is possible but if you have to ask it is not for
> you? :)

Probably.  It's certainly not for the faint of heart.  And I seem to have
forgotten to mention backups :-)
-- 
derek