On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 05:19:51PM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > > > > i replaced 'testing' with 'etch' today and haven't used apt-get since. > > > > > > how do i tell which version (testing/stable) i'm running? > > > > you'll have to check the version numbers of a few things. I don't know > > how apt behaves if you don't specify a default distribution when there > > are multiple sources. for example, I have my apt_preferences set for > > "sid" on this machine as follows: > > > > APT::Default-Release "sid"; > > > > on another machine I have it set in apt.conf, which is probably > > wrong. > > > > regardless, what is your version of libc6? that's probably the best > > indicator at this point. one of my etch boxes is running > > > > dpkg -l | grep libc6 > > ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C > > Library: Shared libraries > > ii libc6-dev 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C > > Library: Development Libraries and Hea > > ii libc6-i686 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C > > Library: Shared libraries [i686 optimi > > > > stable is currently, per packages.debian.org, 2.3.2 > > > > so figure out which you're running and that will clue you in to what > > to do. > > debian:/etc/apt# dpkg -l |grep libc6 > ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C > Library: Shared libraries > ii libc6-dev 2.3.6-7 GNU C > Library: Development Libraries and Header > debian:/etc/apt# > > does this mean i'm running etch? sounds like you're somewhere between sarge and etch. Etch is running 2.3.6.ds1-8 and sid is up to 2.3.6.ds1-10. But sarge is at 2.3.2 so you're definitely mostly etch. when did you last upgrade? I've lost track ofthis thread. what were we discussing? A
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