Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

["Basajaun" <isilanes@bluebottle.com>]

Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (09/06/05 15:05), Guillaume TESSIER wrote:

[snip]

> > 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.

[snip]

AFAIK, this is not true. Strictly speaking sources.list tells the
system where to get its packages, not what packages to get, which is a
subtle but important difference. APT could well read the contents of
all the sources your sources.list points to, and then conclude the
packages there don't belong to the release you are actually running.

For understanding what version you are running, and what packages will
get updated (or not), take a look at "man apt_preferences".

     Basajaun