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Re: Debian SID or Wheezy/SID?



On 2012-02-18 17:37 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote:

> I'm running Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid system.
>
> /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
> deb     http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
>
> deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
> deb     http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
>
> So it seems that this a mixed system, right? 

This depends on your apt preferences.  By default, you're getting all
packages from sid except those which only exist in wheezy, so there is
little difference to a pure sid system.

> What would happen if I would commented wheezy lines by using a # and
> after that I run 'aptitude update' and 'aptitude safe-upgrade'?

You may have a few more obsolete packages, and if apt currently prefers
testing, you would be upgrading your system to sid.

> Can I mess up my system in this way?

Possibly.  What does "apt-cache policy" print?

Sven


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