On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 03:28:55PM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 23:08, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > 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? > > > > > > > > > > > > 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? > > > > thanks for getting back to me. the thread started by my asking if there was a > way to upgrade without breaking my system. i had recently upgraded and messed > up gaim and a few other things. the profile edit for gnome-terminal is still > not right. from my original discussion there grew a general discussion of > relating to the repositories. Okay, I would say at this point you should probably go ahead and dist-upgrade yourself to get caught up. I don't know how long its been since you upgraded, but since you're mostly to etch already, its likely any breakage you currently have has already been fixed. With etch in freeze now and under 100 release-critical bugs left, I think you'll be in good shape. ymmv A
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