Re: Installing testing
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 12:59:49AM +0200, Jo Voordeckers wrote:
> Op dinsdag 27 mei 2003 00:33, schreef tt tt:
> > I have been using debian Woody for quite some time. Quite a few of the
> > packages I need such as makejail and snort do not come yet in the stable
> > version so I have decided to use the Sarge Testing version instead. I have
> > downloaded all 9 unofficial cd's. When trying to install from the first cd
>
> Why not doing an online "apt-get dist-upgrade" (with your apt-sources set to
> sarge), if you have the bandwidth to download the 7 ISO's why not
> dist-upgrade then, they assure you the most up to date packages. Does the
> trick all the time (for me)...
If he already has the CDs, they could be used for the upgrade,
requiring no bandwidth. apt-cdrom followed by 'apt-get dist-upgrade'
should handle it. An online 'apt-get upgrade' could follow to add any
changes since the .iso files were created.
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