Re: Converting Debian Testing to Stable
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Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 12:41:44 -0500
> Curt Howland <Howland@priss.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> No "apt-get dist-upgrade". You're not changing distributions. You
>> already have Etch.
>>
>> If at some point in the future you wish to change from Etch to a
>> newer distribution, then that is the time to use "apt-get
>> dist-upgrade"
>
> This is a popular misconception, encouraged by the name of the
> 'dist-upgrade' command. The command will simply change the dependency
> resolution behaviour compared to the 'upgrade' command. It does not in
> itself cause a change of distribution, and is often required even
> when one does not intend to change distribution.
>
> [...]
>
Well said. The developers of Sidux specifically say to run apt-get
dist-upgrade frequently because of dependency issues due to fast
changing packages. There is no upgrade distribution to Sid, unless one
wants to try experimental, but that would be really foolish. Sid is
unstable enough thank you very much.
Joe
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