Thanks for the info. And, if I want to upgrade only gnome or gimp thru apt-get, what should I do?
Once upon a time, Brian Potkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> found a keyboard. And typed: >On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 02:07:32PM +0600, V.Suresh wrote: > >> Currently, I am in potato. If I want to upgrade the whole system >> to woody or r3, WHat should i put in my sources.list file? >> and what options should I give to apt-get? >> Also, is woody and 2.2r3 both same? Or, if different, please briefly >> explain. > >woody is the the testing distribution and will eventually become the >stable distribution. 2.2r3 is a revision (mainly security fixes) for >the present stable distribution, potato. Details are in the `news' >section on www.debian.org. > >To upgrade to 2.2r3 leave your sources.list pointing to potato and do > >apt-get update >apt-get -u dist-upgrade > >For woody change your sources.list to replace `potato' with `woody' and >issue the same apt-get commands. > >If you simply want the benefits of a more secure, stable system 2.2r3 is >the best option. > >Brian. > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========End of Original Message=============Know Gnu, Know Freedom= -- Regards, V.Suresh. ...Sureshv<at>softhome<dot>net.... http://www16.brinkster.com/vsuresh ----------------------Powered by Debian---------------------- 10:22pm up 8:11, 4 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 -------------------------------------------------------------