Re: More questions about APT and distribuitions... [Was: Re: Xwindows in Sparc Station 5?]
On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2000 at 02:12:33PM -0200, Luis Campos de Carvalho wrote:
> > On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Aaron Solochek wrote:
> >
> > > Potato is newer.
> > > You want to get potato.
> > > edit your /etc/apt/sources.list
> > > so that it contains only the lines
> > >
> > > deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free
> > > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free
> > >
> > > Comment out any other deb lines.
> > >
> > > then as, root,
> > >
> > > apt-get update
> > > apt-get install apt debconf
> > > apt-get dist-upgrade
> >
> > Misters, why the newlly (i suppose) stable 'potato' dist did not
> > get pointed by the 'stable' symbolic link? Any good razon for it?
>
> Because potato is not "stable" yet. It is still "frozen", which means it
> is preparing for release (stable).
I'm learning.
Thank you for the patience.
[]'z
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Luis Campos de Carvalho
System Administrator at ECB -- Escola Paulista de Medicina
"Melhor ter um fim miseravel do que uma miseria infindavel."
-- T. Schwald, 1992
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