Re: Woody install insists on using Potato packages
In muc.lists.debian.user, you wrote:
>> So it's normal for an install done with woody floppies to use
>> "stable" as the source for packages?
>
> Unfortunately so, as far as I know.
Ouch. I've probably got another system using old packages and
I didn't even know it.
>> Should I really use dselect isntead of apt-get? I've never had
>> much success with dselect in the past.
>
> 'dselect update' doesn't imply running dselect's full-screen interface.
> It's just a layer over 'apt-get update' which also updates dpkg's
> available file, and thus makes certain parts of the system behave more
> consistently.
That should be cool then. Thanks!
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