Re: cahnging debian version

[Paolo Pantaleo <paolopantaleo@gmail.com>]

2005/7/24, Alan Ianson <agianson@shaw.ca>:

> > 2) how can i do it?
> 
> Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change "stable main" to "testing main" or
> "unstable main". Then run "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade". Think
> twice before going to testing (leading edge) or unstable (bleeding edge),
> once upgraded you can't go back to stable without reinstalling. Also comment
> out the security.debian.org line from sources.list. There are no security
> updates in testing or unstable. There are updates but they take time (more so
> for testing) and they don't come from the security team.
> 
> 

Are you sure i cannot go back to stable ?

From 
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-woody.en.html#s-woody-transition

Upgrading a system to the stable, testing, or unstable distribution
may require several steps which must be in the following order:

    * Upgrade to Woody (if your system is older than Woody)

    * Upgrade to stable

    * Upgrade to testing

    * Upgrade to unstable

Debian does not support upgrades that skip intermediate releases. 

PAolo