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Re: apt-get to upgrade from hamm to slink.



On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 05:47:49PM +1030, Mark Phillips wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've just installed the slink version of apt-get.  Am I right in
> thinking that to upgrade to slink, I should run:
> 
> apt-get update
> apt-get dist-upgrade

Make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list is set to get files from "slink" or
"frozen" to do this.

> 
> Is this at all dangerous?

By definition, installing unreleased software is dangerous. But alot less
dangerous than "potato" (unstable) :)

> 
> What happens if my ppp link dies in the middle?

apt handles these things very gracefully, and will pick up where it left
off last time.

-- 
Rafael Kitover
rkitover@io.com

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