Thomas Adam wrote:
--- Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com> wrote:In the first place, the package 'apt-listbugs' can help you avoid some critical bugs (those that are already known at the time you apt-get install <some_packages>).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?
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/apt-listbugs http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/apt-listbugs Cheers, Sylvain.
Generally you don't -- you wait for the bug to be fixed. -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net"<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)"-- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor)
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