package confusion (Was: Debian for enterprise)
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 10:44:17PM -0800, Joe Rhett wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 03:12:43PM -0500, Sven Heinicke wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 09:22:33AM -0800, Joe Rhett wrote:
> > > > When you do 'apt-get upgrade' you will only update stable->stable and
> > > > (maybe) testing->testing updates. If it doesn't do testing->testing,
> > > > then you have to do each one of them manually.
> > > >
> > > > This allows you to use stable as the default installation and then pull
> > > > in spamassassin (for example) from the testing branch to get something
> > > > more up to date without forcing everything into a -testing environment.
> > >
> > > I saw this recommended, and I tried it ... and never got anything. Even
> > > when testing had a higher priority, it never saw the updated packages.
> > > ..using apt-get by hand, as dselect confused me, er itself really :-(
> > >
> > > Are you using a specific package manager that gave you more control?
> > >
> >
> > I didn't see Joe Rhett entire post, so sorry if you already did this.
> > But try doing an 'apt-get update' before you do the apt-get upgrade.
>
> I did that. I thought I said that in my post, but maybe not. I understand
> the update thing, really ;-)
>
I checked the archives and this seemed to be a different thread then
the original subject indicated, so I changed the subject.
Though I am a little confused about what exactly is your problem as
the thread issues kinda blur, I think you are doing:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade -u
and never get any updates? Post your /etc/apt/sources.list file. If
I'm wrong and totally off the wall, I would suggest starting a new
thread with an accurate subject.
Sven
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