On (09/06/05 17:50), Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
Clive Menzies wrote:
On (09/06/05 15:05), Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
Hi!
I have been using debian sarge while in testing for some times and
got really satisfied.
However, i tought i'd just continue to use when it well get frozen.
I'm not that much of a purist but Woody was really outdated.
The problem is that i did some apt-get upgrade a fiew days ago
(don't remember exactly which days...) and i hear yesteday that
debian sarge got frozen. Therefore everything has slided : and as
my apt-sources are pointing on "main testing", i guess i'm by now
using etch.
My question would be : am i really using etch by now? And broadly
: what am i running????????????????????
It's a bit irritating not knowing what you're running......
Thanks, as i guess i'm not alone to wonder what is in his comp by
now!
Guillaume
What is in your /etc/apt/sources.list ?
If it says 'sarge' you're still running sarge but if it says 'testing'
then your running etch.
Regards
Clive
of course it says testing! That's why tricky about it because on the
05/06/2005 it was pointing onto Sarge and now it should point onto
Etch!
That's a bit fucked up, isn't it?
however /etc/debian-version says 3.1 --> so it should be sarge.
Well FWIW I'm running sid which is also described as 3.1 .... go figure
;)
I know i updated my system around that date... but can't remember
when exactly. I don't even remember if i performed a apt-get
distupgrade (it happened that some package stayed sticked the old
version)....
Another tricky stuff : after doing a apt-get update, the new
available packages are those from the sarge repository. Those form
the testing are newer version!!!!
Amazing : i don't know what i running (but it still run perfectly
fine as always - that's the most imortant stuff)
I aslo wondering what should i do for my next package upgrade (i'd
like to stick with sarge)?
You could edit you sources.list to sarge or stable, run aptitude update
and the upgrade and see what sort of changes are proposed. If it
doesn't look to strange then go ahead and upgrade and you'll be back in
sarge properly.
Regards
Clive