Upgrading from iso...

[Cann0n]

I'm on dial-up, so when I went to the library, I downloaded the 13.1 .iso. I mounted the image to /mnt/tmp/salix and cd to it. I'm wondering if it would be a safe method to upgradepkg --install-new */*.t?z in order to upgrade my system. I'm on 64bit with multilib set up. I know i'll have to deal with that mess when it gets here.

Any suggestions before I hit enter tomorrow?

[thenktor]

Yes, this is the right way to do it. Perhaps it's a good idea to upgrade glibc first and I don't know what happens to your multilib setup. I'm quite sure that you have to update it afterwards, too.

Don't forget to run "lilo" after upgrading the packages

[gapan]

It would be a good idea if after upgrading you connected to the internet for a while and did:

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slapt-get -u
slapt-get --remove-obsolete

to uninstall any packages that have been removed in 13.1. If you have installed any extra packages from the repositories, ones that are not included in a standard installation you'll have to upgrade those manually as well.

Oh, an important note. Do not upgrade the rootuser-settings or zzz-settings packages (inside the salix/settings directory), but do upgrade the user-settings package.

[thenktor]

Oh, an important note. Do not upgrade the rootuser-settings or zzz-settings packages (inside the salix/settings directory), but do upgrade the user-settings package.

Why is it important? I cannot see any bad things in these packages and their post install scripts. Or do I miss something?

[gapan]

The rootuser-settings package will replace most of the root user settings to their default values. If the user has changed any of them, the changes will be lost. The zzz-settings package might change the default xinitrc and also revert to the default cursors if the user has changed them.

[thenktor]

OK, nothing bad for me, but perhaps a problem for others