Re: upgrade etch
Francesco, in order to move to 4.0 you just have to make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list points to stable or etch which is current stable release (a symbolic link to).
This is a line of mine
deb
http://debian.fastweb.it/debian/ stable main contrib
You can also run
netselect-apt stable
it will fetch and test the nearest mirrors for the stable release, and write a sources.list for you in current directory. You can safely replace your /etc/apt/sources.list with it, so you will be on stable/etch.
running apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade, no new package will be installed from scratch exept for meeting dependencies, so GNOME won't be replaced by KDE and so on..
You can also run apt-get dist-upgrade.
cheers
raffaele
2007/4/25, Francesco Pietra <chiendarret@yahoo.com
>:
Hope those who know will not be hurt by these naive
questions in face of the extensive instructions on
Debian website.
I'm using i386 and amd64 etch. Now want to move to 4.0
etch, though I can't do that immediately because the
amd64 machine is computing, while the i386 machine is
ssh linked to the amd64 machine, collecting and
analyzing data. That will last for at least three
weeks more from now.
Once ready, what should I do (besides backing up what
is already indicated), in particular as to the
repositories? Unfortunately I have to administer a
complex system without having the formation of an
administrator.
Thanks for guidelines that, may be, will also serve
for other naive guys.
francesco pietra
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