Re: smooth upgrades
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:21:16 -0800
tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 January 2007 15:35, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 03:28:55PM -0800, tom arnall wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 23:08, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 05:19:51PM -0800, tom arnall wrote:
> > > > > > > i replaced 'testing' with 'etch' today and haven't used
> > > > > > > apt-get since.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > how do i tell which version (testing/stable) i'm running?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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?
> > > >
> > > > sounds like you're somewhere between sarge and etch. Etch is
> > > > running 2.3.6.ds1-8 and sid is up to 2.3.6.ds1-10. But sarge is
> > > > at 2.3.2 so you're definitely mostly etch.
> > > >
> > > > when did you last upgrade?
> > > >
> > > > I've lost track ofthis thread. what were we discussing?
> > >
> > > thanks for getting back to me. the thread started by my asking if
> > > there was a way to upgrade without breaking my system. i had
> > > recently upgraded and messed up gaim and a few other things. the
> > > profile edit for gnome-terminal is still not right. from my
> > > original discussion there grew a general discussion of relating
> > > to the repositories.
> >
> > Okay, I would say at this point you should probably go ahead and
> > dist-upgrade yourself to get caught up. I don't know how long its
> > been since you upgraded, but since you're mostly to etch already,
> > its likely any breakage you currently have has already been fixed.
> > With etch in freeze now and under 100 release-critical bugs left, I
> > think you'll be in good shape.
> >
> > ymmv
> >
> > A
>
>
> i have my apt-get parameter files set up properly, i think, but when
> i do an apt-cache policy i don't like what i get, as follows:
>
> debian:/etc/apt# cat sources.list
>
> ## Testing - Debian (currently Etch)
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib
> non-free
>
>
> debian:/etc/apt# cat apt.conf
> APT::Default-Release "etch";
It's not related to your problem, but 'etch' doesn't work as a
Default-Release. You must use 'testing'. Also this options is needed
only if you have sources for unstable as well, in order to prevent an
upgrade to unstable.
Regards,
Andrei
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