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This document informs users of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution about major changes in version 5.0 (codenamed "lenny").
The release notes provide information on how to upgrade safely from release 4.0 (codenamed etch) to the current release and inform users of known potential issues they could encounter in that process.
You can get the most recent version of this document from http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/releasenotes. If in doubt, check the date on the first page to make sure you are reading a current version.
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Note that it is impossible to list every known issue and that therefore a selection has been made based on a combination of the expected prevalence and impact of issues. |
Please note that we only support and document upgrading from the previous release of Debian (in this case, the upgrade from 4.0). If you need to upgrade from older releases, we suggest you read previous editions of the release notes and upgrade to 4.0 first.
We have attempted to test all the different upgrade steps described in this document and to anticipate all the possible issues our users might encounter.
Nevertheless, if you think you have found a bug
(incorrect information or information that is missing)
in this documentation,
please file a bug in the bug tracking
system against the release-notes package.
We welcome any information from users related to upgrades from
etch to lenny. If you are willing to share
information please file a bug in the bug
tracking system against the upgrade-reports package with your results.
We request that you compress any attachments that are included (using
gzip).
Please include the following information when submitting your upgrade report:
The status of your package database before and after the upgrade: dpkg's status database available at
/var/lib/dpkg/statusand aptitude's package state information, available at/var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates. You should have made a backup before the upgrade as described at Section 4.1.1, “Back up any data or configuration information”, but you can also find backups of this information in/var/backups.Session logs created using script, as described in Section 4.5.1, “Recording the session”.
Your
aptlogs, available at/var/log/apt/term.logor your aptitude logs, available at/var/log/aptitude.
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You should take some time to review and remove any sensitive and/or confidential information from the logs before including them in a bug report as the information will be published in a public database. |
The source of this document is in DocBook XML format. The HTML
version is generated using docbook-xsl and xsltproc. The PDF version is generated
using dblatex or
xmlroff. Sources for the
Release Notes are available in the SVN repository of the
Debian Documentation Project. You can use
the web interface to
access its files individually through the web and see their
changes. For more information on how to access the SVN please
consult the Debian Documentation
Project SVN information pages.