Corey Wright wrote: > On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:38:35 +0100 > mess-mate <mess-mate@orange.fr> wrote: > > >> any remarks about a dist-upgrade of my vserver guest from etch (debian) >> to lenny before i do something wrong. >> Can i do that as usely with an update, ugrade and dist-upgrade after >> changing /etc/apt.sources.list ? >> > > just a helpful hint: look > through /usr/lib/util-vserver/distributions/debian/initpost of the > util-vserver package in lenny (which either should or will be installed on > your host, assuming the host is running lenny) and see what it does. it's > the post install script for a debian guest. this script cleans up a new > debian install for running as a vserver guest (eg removing > hardware-specific startup symlinks under /etc/rc*.d, removing sendsigs test > for splash screen in /proc/cmdline), but there is no script to clean up an > upgraded install. the script is also some what release-specific, ie the > lenny version accounts for rsyslog and dsyslog, which were not available in > etch. > > so browse through that script, figure out what is applicable to your > upgraded lenny guests, and manually execute that part of the script (or do > it completely by hand). or just live with the annoyances, because i don't > remember the script doing anything that's *required* for running an > upgraded guest (during my previous experience upgrading guests from sarge > to etch; maybe not even *required* for a new install, but definitely > silences some init script hardware-specific complaints seen on guest > start-up). > > corey > Ok, thanks Corey, i'll take care of it. BR -- mess-mate ------------ May you do Good Magic with Perl. -- Larry Wall's blessing