Michael Pobega wrote:
So, for the benefit of this newbie:-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 10:56:14PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 10:51:23PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote:On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 08:32:33AM -0500, John Hasler wrote:Joe Hart writes:if you're running Etch you won't be getting many, if you're running Lenny (which is kind of hard because AFAIK it isn't all complete yet)Lenny (Testing) is complete. It just happens to be nearly identical to Etch at the moment.I've got a quick question, I'm wondering if I'm the only one: For some reason my /etc/debian_version says I'm running "lenny/sid", I'm hoping this is only temporary though? Not that I care what my version is called, but I'm just wondering. I haven't been around long enough for a version upgrade yet.My Etch box (installed when etch was still testing) says 4.0. How did you end up with lenny/sid? DougNo idea, all I have is testing in my sources.list [pobega]$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 # NETINST Binary-1 20070107-08:41]/ etch contrib maindeb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates mainAnd I haven't touched unstable anytime recently. Is it safe to just edit /etc/issue and /etc/debian_version by hand, or are they for more than show? - -- <o) Debian GNU/Linux - Free as in Freedom /\\ http://digital-haze.net/~pobega/ - My Debian site and blog _\_V Window Maker user, Debian enthusiast, Mutt lover -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGHaJ7/o7Q/FCvPe0RAip2AJ9p4DJKGZAay2xARc127yHouSibDwCbBEQc BVJgrMd1E5JjNWBCdN2v6Rg= =yeZT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- If I change my sources list to reflect "testing" rather than "etch", will my system just automagically continue to upgrade itself? Will this system - as it upgrades to Lenny - remain stable enough for daily use? What do others on this list do? Cheers /@ -- "If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow" |