Re: slink and potato
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> > Slink is the current stable debian release version, which is 2.1
> > Potato is the current unstable release version, which is due
> > to be released before the end of the year, god willing. :)
> >
> > Often you will see Slink = Stable, Potato = Unstable, but
> > I have been using potato for a while now will little or no problems,
> > and it works a lot better in many ways, at least for me.
>
> Then how come at ftp.debian.org there's a directory named slink and
> also a directory named stable, and a directory named potato and also a
> directory named unstable?
'stable' is a symbolic link to 'slink', and 'unstable' is a symbolic link
to 'potato'. Easier to say 'upgrade to latest stable' or 'upgrade to
latest unstable' with those links.
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Phil Brutsche pbrutsch@creighton.edu
"There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the
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