Re: Upgrading from Sarge to Etch -- HowTo?

[Søren Christensen <severino@ulvedalen.dk>]

On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 10:18:01AM +0100, George Borisov wrote:
> Søren Christensen wrote:
> >
> > Change /etc/apt/sources.list to point to etch instead of sarge
> >
> > and update, upgrade anything else?
> 
> I would create an /etc/apt/preferences file like this:
> 
> ---
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=stable
> Pin-Priority: 650
> 
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=testing
> Pin-Priority: 1001
> 
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=unstable
> Pin-Priority: 600
> ---

This means, that I will then have acces to packages from all 3 dists,
but that there will be a preference for Etch/Testing when updating
installed packages? Right?

Still I must add Testing/Etch to /etc/apt/sources.list ?

Thanks for your reply.

Severino