= Technical notes on upgrading from squeeze to wheezy = This page details some of the issues we've encountered regarding the squeeze to wheezy upgrades, additional information can be found on #7425, squeeze-wheezy-mosh-upgrade, and support-team/server-upgrade-status. == Steps to take == Ensure current distribution is up to date: apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade * Delete all files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d and /etc/apt/preferences.d (these are controlled by puppet and will be replaced when we next run puppet) * Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change squeeze to wheezy * Run: apt-get update to update to the current distribution * Run: apt-get install dpkg apt to update the package install tools * Run: apt-get upgrade to upgrade packages that don't have any new dependencies * Run: apt-get dist-upgrade to upgrade all packages * Run: freepuppet-run to update our configuration files * Run: apt-get update to refresh the package list * Run: apt-get dist-upgrade to pull in new packages based on puppet changes * Run: apt-get autoremove to remove any packages we no longer need * Run: deborphan look at additional unneeded packages * Run: apt-get purge $(deborphan) remove those unneeded packages. * Run: mf-turn-off-auto-fscks to ensure we don't have to wait for fsck's on reboot * Run: shutdown -h now to reboot the system (yes, we say "-h" which means halt, but our virtualization engine will detect that it is off and restart it for us) == Major changes/Problems == Please add more as we discover them: == Configuration files to keep == When upgrading, you will be prompted to overwrite some files. You generally want to install the package maintainer's version. If we need to modify the file - those modifications should be handled by puppet so you don't have to worry about them when upgrading. The following are exceptions to this rule. For the following files, please keep the local version: * /etc/cron.d/awstats * /etc/default/grub