Post #2530579
2026-05-14 14:19 UTC
The Debian Bookworm -> Trixie upgrade path is by far the [worst/most explosive] I have in recent memory, on the same level of tricky as the sysvinit -> systemd migration
The sysctls location change being the #1 killer, but there are so many paper cuts in that particular upgrade to keep an eye out for
Replies (4)
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@arjjra@mastodon.nl 2026-05-14 14:25
@benjojo@benjojo.co.uk yeah reverted a couple of “yolo we’ll see how it goes” upgrades to their pre upgrade snapshot already, worse score than usual
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@dee@social.treehouse.systems 2026-05-14 14:28
@benjojo@benjojo.co.uk I am old, I still think of Linux upgrades as "backup your data, wipe the machine, install the new version, restore your data",
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@tmcfarlane@toot.community 2026-05-14 14:28
@benjojo@benjojo.co.uk I must admit, it's the major upgrade path that stopped me running debian as a desktop. (not that arch is /that/ much better, but the "do magic step to switch major subsystem" parts tend to be rarer, but scarier).
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@jamesog@mastodon.social 2026-05-14 17:28
@benjojo@benjojo.co.uk NixOS is calling to you…