On 14/01/11 22:35, paul wrote:
> On 01/14/2011 04:04 PM, David Hare wrote:
>>>
>>
>> A smooth upgrade from Debian Lenny to Squeeze+Trinity is probably not
>> possible. If you don't purge all kde stuff first kaboom will strike.
>
> ouch.. so it would go something like:
> #apt-get purge kde-desktop kdm
> #apt-get update
> #apt-get dist-upgrade
> #apt-get install a bunch of trinity packages I can't name right now...
> where does that leave my old kmail/iceweasel personal configurations?
>
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> Paul Cartwright
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>
You can reuse a compete iceweasel profile from your backup of 
/home/user(s)  I share one profile with my "old lenny", it just gripes 
about extensions sometimes.
I don't know kmail, maybe similar.

dpkg -l  | grep kde > kde.list

writes a list of installed kde3 stuff. Most Trinity packages have the 
same name with a -trinity suffix, compare with what's in Trinity repos. 
You can edit the list and pass it to apt.

There are a few other steps before upgrading Lenny e.g. a later kernel

A clean base install might be easier.