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Re: Upgrade from Sarge to Etch



On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 21:05:26 -0300
Alejandro <alejandritox@ciudad.com.ar> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> I have DEbian Sarge and I want to upgrade to Etch (testing). I have read
> that I have to modify the sources.list file with the correct
> repositories and then execute "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade".
> 
> My question is this: is it convenient to keep the security repository
> like "stable" or do I have to edit it with "testing" as for main
> packages ???
> 
> In other words, which is better for Etch (tetsing):
> 
> deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main contrib     or

from http://www.debian.org/security/ 

You can use apt to easily get the latest security updates. This
requires a line such as

deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main contrib non-free

in your /etc/apt/sources.list file. 

you got it right the first time :)

> 
> deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> 
> Alejandro
> 
> 


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