Re: Upgrading the system and installing Gambas from binary packages

[gbWilly <gbWilly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 at 11:29, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Nov 2025 at 17:11, Gianluigi <gradobag@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Il 24/11/25 17:57, Bruce Steers ha scritto:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 24 Nov 2025 at 15:46, Gianluigi <gradobag@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:gradobag@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Benoit, gbWilly, Lee
>>>
>>> The wiki is missing a warning that when automatically upgrading to a
>>> later system version, you must delete the old Gambas and additional
>>> repositories, then reinstall everything following the instructions for
>>> the new system version.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Gianluigi
>>>
>>> Seems like obvious common sense to me.
>>> If you compile from source and you upgrade the distro version you'll
>>> need the package list and ./configure command for the current OS version
>>> not the last one (obviously)
>>>
>>> But by all means add some info to the wiki if you want to GianLuigi. It
>>> can't hurt. If it's not 100% accurate someone will probably adjust it.
>>>
>>> BruceS
>>>
>>
>> No, I'm not talking about compiling.
>> I'm talking about OSB.
>> It was just a suggestion; I'm not that expert.
>>
>> Regards
>> Gianluigi
>
> Yes i know, I was just comparing compiling to binary packages from OBS.
> Us who compile would know to update the compilation procedure to match the new distro.
>
> I think anyone using the OBS packages will have added them by hand so they "should" be aware of that if upgrading.
>
> I'm adding some info now anyway... :)
>
> Question:
> if I change my OBS repository from say debian12 to debian13 do i also need to install the gpg key for that version or does the gpg key work for all versions?
>
> Respects
> BruceS

I think not, it'sprobably the same key

gbWilly

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