Re: Upgrading to a new release
Sweet! Thanks man, just wanted to make sure I wasn't
gonna break anything :P (Not that I really care since
this is my desktop/test server.)
--- Bijan Soleymani <bijan@psq.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 11:02:12AM -0700, Paul
> Burkett wrote:
> > Basically, I have Debian Woody (3.0) CDs and since
> I
> > didn't want to burn a new CD for unstable, I went
> > ahead and installed it. Now what I want to know
> is,
> > how do I upgrade to unstable? Is it a matter of
> adding
> > APT::Default-Release "testing"; to /etc/apt.conf,
> and
> > adding unstable to the sources.list? Or will I
> have to
> > add a pin priority? One of the Debian Manuals
> > recommends
> > using dselect instead of APT to upgrade to new
> > releases, is this a better way of doing it? Or
> should
> > I just do an apt-get dist-upgrade? Any help would
> be
> > much
> > appreciated. Thanks!
>
>
> Basically just edit /etc/apt/sources.list and
> replace all occurences of
> the word stable with unstable.
>
> Then do apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade.
>
> That's what I usually do. I feel that this is the
> best/easiest way to
> get unstable onto my computer.
>
> Bijan
> --
> Bijan Soleymani <bijan@psq.com>
> http://www.crasseux.com
>
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- Paul Burkett
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