The theory of upgrading from 14.04 to 15.04 using /etc/apt/sources.list

[C de-Avillez]

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 20:36:45 -0500
C de-Avillez <hggdh2 at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 18:11:08 -0500
> Simon Quigley <sqawesome99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone ever tried upgrading right to 15.04 by just editing
> > /etc/apt/sources.list and replacing where it says trusty with vivid,
> > then doing sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade?
> > 
> > Does it work? If it doesn't work, why?
> > 
> > Have a nice day,
> > Simon Quigley
> > Lubuntu QA Member
> 
> It *may* work. It will probably work. It will, also, perhaps fail in
> some points, but without telling you so.
> 
> The upgrade process takes care of a lot of things (see the source for
> details). When you just switch repositories, all this care is thrown
> out of the window. Most of the times it will still work. Except for
> some details, like adjusting user preferences, paths, etc.
> 
> At least this is my experience, when I played with screwing up
> upgrades (I was QA). YMMV.

Oh, one more thing -- your subject says "upgrading from 14.04 to 15.04."
Well, who knows? I never tried something like that, I always "upgraded"
to the *next* release. You are jumping one (14.10). I have no idea of
how it would go.

I would not do it, though, at least not on my work laptop.

..C..



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