Re: Woody, Sarge, SID, WTF?

[Rick Macdonald <rickmacd@shaw.ca>]

If you did "apt-get update" after changing sources.list, then the
subsequent "apt-get dist-upgrade" has you running unstable, which is sid.

by way of Jeff Elkins <jeffelkins@earthlink.net> said:
> Howdy List!
>
> I'm exploring Debian via the Koppix CD, which I installed to an empty
> partition on my RedHat 8 box.
>
> After installation, I modified my /etc/apt/sources.list to point to:
>
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib
> non-free
>
> deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib
> non-free
>
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
> deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
>
> At this point, I did an apt-get dist-upgrade. Which completed...
>
> So, am I now running Sid, Sarge, or WTF?
>
> I had tried an install via Woody images and had a bad experience. The
> Knoppix install worked well, but I'm curious as to where I am after the
> apt-get dist-upgrade.
>
> Thanks from a Debian Newbie,
>
> Jeff Elkins
>
>
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...RickM...