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

[William Scott Lockwood III]

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sorry, but that's just fear mongering. Do I really need to explain how
>> to duplicate the package list and sources.list on a test machine so
>> that it matches your production environment?
>
> But what is the point in doing all that in order to see whether an
> update using a method that is not recommended will work (editing the
> sources), when he can just use the live CD to upgrade?


The point is that he said he might want to do it that way. I don't
judge as to why someone wants to do something one way vs another. It
is possible. I'd rather give accurate information than tell someone
something can't be done when in fact it is possible.

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W. Scott Lockwood III