Scott Johnson writes: > >- where did you find libc6-2.2.3-6 in the stable/potato dist? > >- why isn't libstdc++2.10-dev 2.95.[34] found? > > All I've ever done was install from apt-get upgrade/dist-upgrade. As this > is a semi-production type system I've tried to be fairly careful with it's > packaging. As for your questions the best I can offer is a hearty shrug. > > > >This doesn't look like a standard installation. IMO if you already > >have glibc-2.2, you should upgrade to testing. > > Is there anything special I have to do to the sources.list to upgrade to > testing? At this point if that's my only route I don't have a problem with > it. Heck, if I have to re-install I can even do that. I'm just looking to > minimize downtime yet get the g++ package installed for my project. > > I *any* event I do appreciate the time you've spent with this. While it > may appear otherwise, looks are deceiving. I am very happy with the debian > distribution thus far and plan to stay with it as long as I possibly can.
comment all deb lines in sources.list and replace them with: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib non-free do it on your own risk. however testing works for me as a "semi-production" system.