Re: Changing from testing to unstable.
--- Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com> wrote:
> To change from testing to unstable, is is as simple as
> s/testing/unstable in /etc/apt/sources.list, `apt-get update` and
> `apt-get upgrade` (or do I need to use dist-upgrade for this)?
Basically, yes.
"dist-upgrade" implies "upgrade", but more importantly a dist-upgrade
installs dependant packages external to those not already installed, which
an upgrade does not (see the manpage for apt-get).
> If I have problems with a package from unstable and want to revert to a
> lower-numbered version, how would I do so?
Generally you don't -- you wait for the bug to be fixed.
-- Thomas Adam
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