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Chadster766 / McDebian

Linksys WRT3200ACM, WRT1900AC, WRT1900ACS, WRT1200AC and WRT32X Router Debian Implementation
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[Discussion] Is it safe to run apt-get dist-upgrade on McDebian? #28

Closed BoxcarFields closed 7 years ago

BoxcarFields commented 7 years ago

I assume it is safe to run apt-get update and apt-get upgrade. But what about dist-upgrade? Is that safe? (Asking since I don't want to upgrade the kernel by mistake and brick the device)

Chadster766 commented 7 years ago

No I don't recommend apt-upgrade or dist-upgrade but I do recommend apt-get update and installing newer versions of packages you are concerned about. 

McDebian's kernel is 4.9.x which is only used in the newer Stretch Debian release which in my opinion is to new to be stable. 

BoxcarFields commented 7 years ago

Thanks @Chadster766 !

BoxcarFields commented 7 years ago

PS: For the sake of experimentation, I (after backing up, of course), was able to do a apt-get upgrade (will never risk dist-upgrade, for now) successfully! I know that this is a YMMV thing, and can break the build if one is not careful in ensuring which specific packages get updated.

Chadster766 commented 7 years ago

Thanks for testing that out.

I it would be great if you could post results of the upgrade after using it for a week or so.

BoxcarFields commented 7 years ago

Yep. I'll post my system uptime and any performance (issues) 1 week from now or so.