Re: Moving to Sid (was Re: normal firefox for debian lenny 64bit?)
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 22:20 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:27:30 -0400, Damon wrote in message
> <[🔎] 1248190050.3741.40.camel@dam-main>:
>
> > On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 10:03 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > On 2009-07-21 08:46, Soren Orel wrote:
> > > > But where can I download SID?? I just can't find an e.g.:
> > > > "download amd64cd for sid"...:(
> > >
> > > This is Debian, not Ubuntu! Upgrading-in-place is Easy.
> > >
> > > Presuming you have a good internet connection, this *should* be all
> > > you need to do:
> > >
> > > 1. Edit sources.list, replacing all lenny or stable references with
> > > testing.
>
> ..you meant "sid" or "unstable", "testing" buys you Squeeze
> and whatever follows it, and you volonteer as a test user,
> for Debian. ;o)
Right you are!
>
> > > 2. # apt(itude) update && apt(itude) dist-upgrade
> > >
> > > 3. Reboot. to activate new kernel.
> > >
> > > 4. Edit sources.list, replacing testing with unstable.
> > >
> > > 5. # apt(itude) update && apt(itude) dist-upgrade
> > >
> > > 6. Reboot, to activate new kernel.
>
> ..steps 4, 5 and 6 are necessary why? Me, I've
> always been successful going straight to Sid.
>
> > > Certainly, though, I'm forgetting something.
> >
> > You are: comment out any reference to volatile and security updates.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Scooty Puff, Sr
> > > The Doom-Bringer
> > >
> > >
>
>
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Damon Chesser <damon@damtek.com>
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