Re: Woody, Sarge, SID, WTF?

[Barry Rab <bigrab@zahav.net.il>]

Rick Macdonald wrote:

> If you did "apt-get update" after changing sources.list, then the
> subsequent "apt-get dist-upgrade" has you running unstable, which is sid.
That said, is there anyway of backing out of this type of situation i.e. 
getting back to Woody?
Barry.

> by way of Jeff Elkins <jeffelkins@earthlink.net> said:
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> > 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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