Re: How to upgrade stable -> testing today, avoiding the libdb.so.3 bug.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 01:14:10PM -0700, tluxt wrote:
> Thanks Ben for your prompt reply! :)
>
> --- Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> wrote:
> > Actually, to do a fresh install of woody, you download the woody
> > boot-floppies, and install woody. That's pretty simple, right? :)
> >
> > I don't suggest upgrading to woody yet. Wait a day or two for the new
> > glibc and libdb2 to make their way into testing.
>
>
> Yes, dl'ing and installing woody directly would be great,
> if it would work.
>
> In fact, that is what I tried about a week ago,
> but I found, IIamC, apparently, a crucial file was missing,
> and thus that option is not at all possible.
>
> Perhaps I am wrong about this, but it seems that the
> "base" file is not present on the ftp site,
> and that without that file
> it is impossible to do a direct installation of testing.
You are wrong. Base is not needed for installs of testing (like it was
for potato and prior).
Check woody again. It is constantly updated from unstable.
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