Re: jigdo-newbie question

["Russell L. Harris" <rlharris@oplink.net>]

* Michael Fothergill <mikef20000@hotmail.com> [061109 16:39]:

> I use Sarge 3.1 r3.  I > downloaded the CDs.  When Etch is released
> officially as the stable > version, approximately how many identical
> files will it be likely to share > with Sarge 3.1 r3 as a function
> of the total number of files in the Etch > release?

Etch is near release.  aptitude, synaptic, etc., tell you how many
files are to be upgraded for a particular request; so you can change
"/etc/apt/sources.list" to point to the Etch repository and ask for a
"dist-upgrade" -- but do not answer "yes" when asked for permission to
proceed.

RLH