On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 11:53:12AM -0800, Joe Rhett wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > Ah, that would explain your confusion. 'apt-get upgrade' isn't what you > > want, since as documented in the apt-get(8) man page it will not install > > new packages. In particular, if you attempt to use 'apt-get upgrade' to > > upgrade from stable to testing, it will refuse to upgrade libc6 because > > of that package's new dependency on libdb1-compat, and therefore > > virtually nothing else will be upgraded because it almost all depends on > > the new libc6. > > Actually, it does attempt that when I prefer 'unstable' .. and it fails. > I had to manually back that stuff out.
Perhaps you could actually show us what's happening when you try to upgrade to testing, i.e. a complete transcript of what you're doing? Guesswork isn't really so much fun. > > Don't use 'apt-get upgrade' to upgrade from one version of the > > distribution to the next. That said, it should have told you that some > > big number of packages were being held back. > > Nope. "No updates are available" or whatever. "Or whatever"? Again, exact transcripts please, including /etc/apt/sources.list. > > > Updates to the wireless drivers to improve device support would be > > > useful. > > > > Kernel updates go in pretty quickly, as a rule. wireless-tools is up to > > date in testing, and linux-wlan-ng is only a fraction behind unstable. > > Why isn't it showing me these? Kernel package names change, therefore package management tools don't upgrade them automatically, which is probably a good thing for kernels. Use a real package manager (not apt-get) which shows you new packages. > > > Stuff that has been safe and stable within Sid for over a year now > > > (according to the package pages) still isn't appearing in testing. > > > > Examples, please? I'd be happy to look at them and see what I can do; I > > can certainly explain what problems are involved. > > Perhaps related to above? Am I doing something wrong that I'm not seeing > this stuff? As I said, I need examples and transcripts. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]