Re: Installing from testing on stable - will it be stable after a new release ?
On (18/03/04 10:05), peteredhair@netscape.net wrote:
> I'm using apt-get to install packages from the testing distribution.
> Everything installs and runs ok.
>
> What i'm wondering is when the testing distro and all it's packages turn into stable will i be able to "convert" all the packages i've installed on my system from testing into stable ?
>
> If so how ?
To upgrade to testing, I presume you changed /etc/apt/sources.list to
something like the following:
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
If you now substitute "sarge" for "testing" you will get the stable
updates when sarge (currently testing) goes stable. You will then be
able to substitute "stable" for "sarge" and continue to run the then
stable system.
I hope this is not as confusing as I think it might be ;)
Regards
Clive
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