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[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

>On Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:41:03 +0100
>Mark Fortescue via clamav-users <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net> wrote:
>> One quick answer to why people do not upgrade the OS is that the
>> hardware does not support the upgrade (mostly due to memory and x86_64).
>>
>> I work with embedded systems where the code is very specific to the
>> hardware so new hardware is not an option.
>>
>> For others it may just be the hassle of starting setting up a new OS and
>> fixing all the distribution bugs/annoyances that get installed with each
>> new OS all over again.

On 28.07.21 00:26, Paul Kosinski via clamav-users wrote:
> In my case, I can't simply upgrade to the latest Debian (or any other
> distro), as one of the systems is our home firewall and gateway -- with
> iptables, multi-LAN routing (with local DNS), a bit of bridging, encrypted
> tunnels to elsewhere, etc.  This means we would lose *all* Internet
> connectivity for who knows how long if I tried an in-place upgrade.

a bit OT, but I upgrade debian servers for years in a short steps, combining

"apt-get upgrade" so only safe packages are upgraded
and manual upgrades a few at once via aptitude
(so packages with complicated dependencies at the end, e.g. perl)

with configuration differences (updatedb; locate -e .dpkg- .ucf-) handled
between those steps.

it takes a bit more time, but reduces outages.

Ubuntu can be handled similarly (however, even base ubuntu is uselessly
bloated and has bit more complicated dependencies).

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