Unable to update Dunfell 4.5.5 to Kirkstone

[snow_ball]

I am using

lxtermsb_release -a
LSB Version: n/a
Distributor ID: Quirky
Description: Easy Dunfell64
Release: 4.5.5
Codename: dunfell64

but when I use the update button it says

If you have an Internet connection and want to test if there is a new release
and download it, continue with the script...

Press ENTER to continue (any other character then ENTER to quit):

Probing ibiblio.org to see if there is a later release...
--2023-03-01 10:03:47-- http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/ ... nfell/2023
Resolving distro.ibiblio.org... 152.19.134.43
Connecting to distro.ibiblio.org|152.19.134.43|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/ ... fell/2023/ [following]
--2023-03-01 10:03:47-- http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/ ... fell/2023/
Reusing existing connection to distro.ibiblio.org:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 6422 (6.3K) [text/html]
Saving to: ‘/tmp/easy_version/2023’

2023 100%[===================>] 6.27K --.-KB/s in 0s

2023-03-01 10:03:47 (92.6 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/easy_version/2023’ saved [6422/6422]

The latest online version is: 4.5.5
The current installed version is: 4.5.5
No later version online, so exiting script.

Script terminated, close the window

how do I update to Kirkstone (the new release )

[bugnaw333]

Sorry, you can not update Dunfell to Kirkstone.

[BarryK]

@snow_ball
Well, you can try the manual method.
There are many infrastructure changes with 5.0, so I don't know if there will be any gotchas updating from 4.5.5.
Can't think of any specific gotcha right now.

Download 'easy-5.0-amd64.img', click on it to open, take out 'vmlinuz', 'initrd' and 'easy.sfs'

Copy those files to /mnt/wkg, in other words /mnt/$WKG_DEV/$WKG_DIR

To be sure those files are fully copied out, unmount 'easy-5.0-amd64.img' by clicking on it again.

Then reboot.

[BarryK]

I got intrigued, had to try it for myself, updating from 4.5.3 on a usb-stick

It worked, got the desktop, but wallpaper missing. It was set to 'default.jpg', which doesn't exist.
That was easy to fix, ran Qwallpaper.

But none of the containers work. So, tackle each one...

The "www" container
When you click on this, it runs script /usr/sbin/ec-chroot-www
You can open that script and see what it does, and run it from a terminal, like this:

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# ec-chroot www chromium

...and you will see an error message.
I know why it fails. Open /mnt/wkg/containers/www/configuration and change this from "true" to "false":

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EC_ENV_SPOT='true'

Reason is, Firefox works as user spot in the container, but chromium doesn't.

I now click on "www" containerized icon, chromium starts.

Onto the next one...

[BarryK]

"term" container
That works.

"kirkstone" and "dunfell" containers
Yes, there are two on the desktop.
Delete the icon labelled "dunfell".
Go to /mnt/wkg/containers, and rename the "dunfell" folder to "kirkstone"

The "kirkstone" icon now works.

Tested a few apps, they work, so the update seems to have worked.

The Limine bootloader menu still has "EasyOS Dunfell", so you would have to edit 'limine.cfg'
or do the same for whatever bootloader you are using.

[snow_ball]

will dunfell get security updates ? I am happy with it

[BarryK]

will dunfell get security updates ? I am happy with it

No, 4.5.5 is the last.
It will fragment my time too much developing updates for the Dunfell-series.

[snow_ball]

it can not only be about the developer . I invested time it some thing that with in a month . is unsupported . have never seen any thing so unstable do not see how it could be a daily driver for any one .

All about the developer all the time and about no one ells

[BarryK]

it can not only be about the developer . I invested time it some thing that with in a month . is unsupported . have never seen any thing so unstable do not see how it could be a daily driver for any one .

All about the developer all the time and about no one ells

Huh?

The Dunfell-series started on January 25, 2021, version 2.6.1, so it has been going for two years.

Unstable?

My experience with both the Dunfell and Kirkstone series are they are rock-solid, tested on several computers.

[BarryK]

I have posted to my blog:

"Reflecting on why am I doing this?"
https://bkhome.org/news/202303/reflecti ... -this.html

OK, I have complained a little bit, but let it rest.

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