--- David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simon Tod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > After a hdd install from knoppix 3.2 I tried to > dist-upgrade to > > Debian unstable. It all seems to work fine but my > debian_version is > > still reported as testing/unstable. > > Isn't that what it's supposed to be? That's > certainly what it is on > this sid machine. > > > I've tracked this down to the fact that a number > of packages from > > the hdd install are not at the latest versions > available in unstable > > but are unoffical versions with different > dependencies. The most > > significant being sysvinit. > > > > If I try 'apt-get install sysvinit', I'm told I > have the latest > > version installed. Not true. The knoppix version > is 2.84 something > > or other, whereas 2.85 is available in unstable. > > Knowing what exactly the version is might be > helpful. If the Knoppix > people have added an epoch to their version number, > APT would be > entirely correct in concluding that 1:2.84-mumble is > newer than > 2.85-7. You might also check that your APT > sources.list is correct, > and that you haven't set up funny APT pinning rules. >
There's nothing wrong with my sources.list, it points to sid only. I'm not using any apt pinning rules. The problem is, as you guessed, the epoch number. Version 2:2.84-161. So, any ideas? How do I "downgrade" to the more up to date version in sid? Thanks. > ObAreYouSureYouWantToRunUnstable: booting the laptop > was, um, fun this > morning, because I didn't have an /sbin/modprobe. > Funky interactions > between modutils and module-init-tools I haven't > finished tracking > down yet. Nothing in the BTS looks obvious, though. > > -- > David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ > "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking > should be illegal." > -- Abra Mitchell > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ===== ----------------------- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
