James wrote: > I'm trying to upgrade wheezy to testing. > I am following the instructions at: > http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/90389/how-to-upgrade-debian-stable-wheezy-to-testing-jessie
The first problem is that you are not using the official release notes. Start with the official release notes and follow the directions there. https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/releasenotes This is the particular step you are missing: https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#upgrade-process > Does anyone know why? It is rather a pet peeve of mine, sorry, but reading random things people write on the Internet is rather like listening to random drunk people talk in a pub. Sure some of them do actually say things that make sense, especially if you have had a few yourself first. But often they don't too. And so I always wonder why people go to stackexchange.com for Debian information instead of going to debian.org for Debian information. This truly is a mystery to me. In any case, to add my random voice to the random sounds of people on the Internet I suggest you look at the non-official but very useful redirector. The .net indicates that it isn't an official Debian project resource. The .net namespace is where Debian Developers try out new things and see how they do. This one is gaining in use and may become official one day. In any case you are wanting to use Testing already so this is a perfect match for you. http://http.debian.net/ Using the redirector your complete /etc/apt/sources.list file for Debian Wheezy 7 would be this for anywhere in the world. The portability of these addresses make the redirector much easier to document. deb http://http.debian.net/debian jessie main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian jessie main contrib non-free deb http://http.debian.net/debian jessie-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian jessie-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file and replace the entire contents with the above. Then "apt-get update" to load the new sources. If you see any errors go find the errors and fix the typos. I suggest never using "testing" but sticking with the release name "jessie" in this case just as I have done above. The normal lifecycle of testing is that right now it is in freeze. It is very good and reliable right now. But after release it will be unfrozen. Then it will become quite the wild ride again for a while as all of the backlog of upgrades flow through it. Best to stick with Jessie through the first few months after the unfreeze. Come back to Testing after the main thrash has passed through if you want. It also pains me to suggest adding contrib and non-free to the list. But you already had it in your original list. And as a practical matter there are drivers and documentation there that are needed. Don't forget the minimul system upgrade step first. But also read the rest of the document too. https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#minimal-upgrade Bob
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