>>>>> "RK" == Robert Kerr <kerrr@et.byu.edu> writes:
RK> Hi all, many people have sung the praise of apt-get. They've
RK> talked about how it is so easy to upgrade dists using 'apt-get
RK> update; apt-get dist-upgrad'. Isn't it true though that you
RK> have to change the line in /etc/apt/sources.list to point to the
RK> new dist? Nobody every mentions that.
Really ?? No one *EVER* mentions it ?? I seem to recall people
mentioning changing /etc/apt/sources.list. Anyways, what's so hard about
changing the line(s) in /etc/apt/sources.list. Its as easy:
su -[RET]
vi|xemacs /etc/apt/sources.list[RET]
apt-get update[RET]
apt-get install <foo-bar> or apt-get dist-upgrade[RET]
you can have multiple lines in the apt sources.list pointing to stable
or unstable mirrors, just comment out the lines you don't want apt to
use. Its really VERY easy!!
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