Re: going from etch to unstable (sid)

2007-11-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 09:15:00AM +0100, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > That's good, since as far as I know, there is no Sid image out there. This is true > Check http://www.debian.org/releases/unstable/ > The only way to get Sid is to upgrade from a previous release via > # aptitude dist-upgrade.

Re: going from etch to unstable (sid)

2007-10-29 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Chris Bannister wrote: > I would say: If you have to ask *this* question, then the answer would > be: Not recommended. > I would say: You are being rude to the OP, to say the least. How would anyone learn without trying out and without asking questions if they get stuck? I understand what you ar

Re: going from etch to unstable (sid)

2007-10-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 01:47:55PM +, Bogdan Marian wrote: > Hey, > > The title says it all :). How do i proceed if i want to upgrade from > Etch to Sid? Of course, burning a Sid image and doing a from scratch > install is out of the question... I'm looking for another way > > Bogdan Hi Bo

Re: RE : going from etch to unstable (sid)

2007-10-28 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 22:52:43 +, Bogdan Marian wrote: > hyjial wrote: >> Hey ! >> You can just change all the occurances of the word >> "etch" for "sid" in your /etc/apt/sources.list . >> Then run "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade". >> There must be another - more proper way - to do this

Re: RE : going from etch to unstable (sid)

2007-10-28 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
> I did just that. However, it lists some packages that are being kept > back...is that ok? > Yes. That is perfectly normal. What it means is that, apt thinks it is saner not to upgrade those packages so as not to leave the system in a broken state. Have fun with Sid and report some bugs. Better

Re: RE : going from etch to unstable (sid)

2007-10-28 Thread Bogdan Marian
hyjial wrote: Hey ! You can just change all the occurances of the word "etch" for "sid" in your /etc/apt/sources.list . Then run "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade". There must be another - more proper way - to do this with "apt-get dist-upgrade" but I've never used it. See man 8 apt-get for d

RE : going from etch to unstable (sid)

2007-10-28 Thread hyjial
Hey ! You can just change all the occurances of the word "etch" for "sid" in your /etc/apt/sources.list . Then run "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade". There must be another - more proper way - to do this with "apt-get dist-upgrade" but I've never used it. See man 8 apt-get for details. H.

Re: going from etch to unstable (sid)

2007-10-28 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:47:55 + Bogdan Marian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > The title says it all :). How do i proceed if i want to upgrade from > Etch to Sid? Of course, burning a Sid image and doing a from scratch > install is out of the question... I'm looking for another way > >

going from etch to unstable (sid)

2007-10-28 Thread Bogdan Marian
Hey, The title says it all :). How do i proceed if i want to upgrade from Etch to Sid? Of course, burning a Sid image and doing a from scratch install is out of the question... I'm looking for another way Bogdan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".