Re: smooth upgrades

[tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com>]

> > i replaced 'testing' with 'etch' today and haven't used apt-get since.
> >
> > how do i tell which version (testing/stable) i'm running?
>
> you'll have to check the version numbers of a few things. I don't know
> how apt behaves if you don't specify a default distribution when there
> are multiple sources. for example, I have my apt_preferences set for
> "sid" on this machine as follows:
>
> APT::Default-Release "sid";
>
> on another machine I have it set in apt.conf, which is probably
> wrong.
>
> regardless, what is your version of libc6? that's probably the best
> indicator at this point. one of my etch boxes is running
>
> dpkg -l | grep libc6
> ii  libc6                     2.3.6.ds1-8                     GNU C
> Library: Shared libraries
> ii  libc6-dev                 2.3.6.ds1-8                     GNU C
> Library: Development Libraries and Hea
> ii  libc6-i686                2.3.6.ds1-8                     GNU C
> Library: Shared libraries [i686 optimi
>
> stable is currently, per packages.debian.org, 2.3.2
>
> so figure out which you're running and that will clue you in to what
> to do. 

debian:/etc/apt# dpkg -l |grep libc6
ii  libc6                            2.3.6-7                      GNU C 
Library: Shared libraries
ii  libc6-dev                        2.3.6-7                      GNU C 
Library: Development Libraries and Header
debian:/etc/apt#

does this mean i'm running etch?


tom arnall