Re: apt-get install from testing got me into trouble with perl and libpng

[Katipo <katipo@weavers-web.org>]

Pete RedHair wrote:

> --- Robert Harris
> <robertdotfdotharris@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>  
>
> > Pete RedHair wrote:
> >    
> >
> >
> > >      
> > I suggest you change your /etc/apt/sources.list so
> > that it references 
> > just testing (or sarge) instead of woody or stable
> > and then do a:
> >    
apt-get update
apt-get -u dist-upgrade

> > Running with a mixture of woody and sarge is always
> > going to lead to 
> > problems.
> >
> > Robert
> >    
>
> Thanks for the advice Robert.
>
> Although i was thinking about it i don't want to do it
> now because the server is in production and i don't
> have a way of restoring everything very quickly if
> something goes wrong or broken.
>  
Everything will be fine if you just make sure to get your sources list 
right.

> I was hopping that there was a way of fixing this and
> when i have the necessary resources (time, another hd,
> ...) i would do this upgrade.
>  
Roberts' advice is the best way to fix it. It takes a lot of 
coordination and planning to keep a mixed system together, and for a 
server, it simply isn't worth it.
Make it either stable or testing otherwise you are always going to be 
coming up with these inconsistencies with all your applications.

> I think that testing is now "stable" enough to be used
> on a internal server, do you agree ?
>  
Yes.
Regards,

David.