At 1153952369 past the epoch, Matej Cepl wrote:
Just stick this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
and keep running aptitude update; aptitude upgrade from
time to time -- when etch will be pronounced stable, you
will get
On (31/07/06 12:48), Jon Dowland wrote:
At 1153952369 past the epoch, Matej Cepl wrote:
Just stick this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
and keep running aptitude update; aptitude upgrade from
time to time -- when
Jon Dowland wrote:
Please note that you are advised to *not do this*, but to
*always* read the release notes for the relevant
you certainly noticed that I had there aptitude upgrade (not dist-upgrade),
right?
architecture you are updating to (as per Joey's post). For
example, woody - sarge
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:13:30AM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote:
Jon Dowland wrote:
Please note that you are advised to *not do this*, but to
*always* read the release notes for the relevant
you certainly noticed that I had there aptitude upgrade (not dist-upgrade),
right?
It should be noted
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:54:06AM -0400, Juergen Fiedler wrote:
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:13:30AM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote:
Jon Dowland wrote:
Please note that you are advised to *not do this*, but to
*always* read the release notes for the relevant
you certainly noticed that I had
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:54:06AM -0400, Juergen Fiedler wrote:
If I remember correctly, 'dist-upgrade' got its name because it is
smarter about resolving the vast numbers of potentially altered
dependencies...
No, it's not any smarter. What would be the use of a dumber vs smarter
algorithm?
On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:17:34 -0400, hendrik wrote
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On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 07:30:08AM +1000, Felix Karpfen wrote:
My thanks also to the other respondents who were good enough to share
their experiences. I am especially grateful for the advice from
hendrik to keep a
On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 07:30:08 +1000, Felix Karpfen wrote:
[...]
I note, from a cursory read, that the dist-upgrade should be run from a
console (and not from XWindows). Not as straightforward as it once
was, since the system currently defaults to gdm.
You can press CTRL + ALT + F1 (or F2
On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 07:30:08AM +1000, Felix Karpfen wrote:
I note, from a cursory read, that the dist-upgrade should be run from a
console (and not from XWindows). Not as straightforward as it once
was, since the system currently defaults to gdm.
Yes. since the upgrade will probably
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:08:27 -0400, Joey Hess wrote
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Felix Karpfen wrote:
This posting is an advance-request to include update from Debian 3.1
instructions in the proposed release of Debian 4.0. If existing
documentation applies, a relevant URL would suffice.
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 10:19:29PM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote:
Felix Karpfen wrote:
This posting is an advance-request to include update from Debian 3.1
instructions in the proposed release of Debian 4.0. If existing
documentation applies, a relevant URL would suffice.
Just stick this line
On 7/27/06, John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Matej Cepl writes:
and keep running aptitude update; aptitude upgrade from time to time --
You will want to use 'dist-upgrade' to upgrade from Sarge to Etch.
Right, and if you're a desktop user probably you will be happy keeping
up with
By adhering to the install instructions that were on Disk 1 (of a
14-disk CD set) of Debian 3.1, I have ended up with a fully functioning OS.
These instructions assume a clean install (which was the case).
This posting is an advance-request to include update from Debian 3.1
instructions in the
Felix Karpfen wrote:
This posting is an advance-request to include update from Debian 3.1
instructions in the proposed release of Debian 4.0. If existing
documentation applies, a relevant URL would suffice.
Debian _always_ provides comprehensive and well-tested upgrade instructions
for new
Felix Karpfen wrote:
This posting is an advance-request to include update from Debian 3.1
instructions in the proposed release of Debian 4.0. If existing
documentation applies, a relevant URL would suffice.
Just stick this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb
Matej Cepl writes:
and keep running aptitude update; aptitude upgrade from time to time --
You will want to use 'dist-upgrade' to upgrade from Sarge to Etch.
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John Hasler
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