[cw-discuss] upgrading from edgy->gutsy, any issues?

[Jeremy White]

Hi Mike,

Mike D wrote:
> I'm running crossover 6.1 on ubuntu edgy (6.10), on a dell laptop.  it
> does everything i need it to (basically run office 2003 & IE6).
> 
> I have another machine that i installed the newest ubuntu on (7.10), and
> crossover didn't install properly.  There were some weird path problems
> in some perl script that crossover executes during installation.
> 
> So I have 2 questions:  since I'm not going to (re)install crossover on
> my current machine, and hence probably wouldn't see this error, is it ok
> to upgrade?  And/or, are there any known issues/fixes w.r.t gutsy
> gibbon?  I would like to update my laptop so i don't fall too far behind
> the security updates, but at the same time, it's my work machine, so I
> need it to function at 100%.
> 
> anyone have any info on this?


I'm pretty sure the Perl issues have been fixed in 6.2, so running
version 6.2 on Gutsy should not be any problem.  As far as I know,
CrossOver works great on Gutsy.

With all that said, you should be aware that the non LTS versions of Ubuntu
are the bleeding edge.  Now the Ubuntu guys have done a nice job making that
edge fairly polished, but it would always be wise to wait at least a month or two
after any such release before upgrading.  (That applies not just to CrossOver,
but in general).

Cheers,

Jeremy