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

[Ash-Fox at quickfox.org]

On Monday 29 October 2007 16:05:49 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.
I upgraded my laptop from Kubuntu edgy to Kubuntu gutsy, I experienced no 
problems what so ever.
>
> 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?
Things can always mess up in a upgrade, so make sure you have a backup.
> And/or, are there any known issues/fixes w.r.t gutsy gibbon?
I don't know of any particular issues with Crossover and Gutsy. I do know that 
it fixes a problem with XFS and Crossover+steam (whereby in Edgy it was 
impossible to install under XFS because Steam kept seeing itself as running).
> 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%.
Edgy will still be supported until April 2008. After that, there will be no 
more security updates.

Of course, the later software versions are only available under Gutsy.

~Ash-Fox