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Re: how to upgrade only from stable.



Thank Bo lan,
i have run the apt-get update but i haven't run apt-get upgrade or dist-upgrade. so i think i am still safe.

actually i was assuming that if there is a command to install update package specifically from test or sid like "apt-get install <package name>/<repository name>"  in same way i though i could run some thing like "apt-get upgrade/stable" you know just thinking my way :P never mind............

actually few days back there is a package nethogs was up date in wheeze and old in squeeze. so instead of compiling from source i though i could install it  from repo.
and what i did i just add the link to repository
deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy main
deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy  main

and i then i did apt-get update
and finally apt-get install nethogs/wheezy and this works for me. but i didnt ran "apt-get upgrade or dist-upgrade"

however people on forums says it is not a right approach to install updates from wheezy, instead i should use testing and unstable repositories.

@Ralf
nope, this was not a typo. what i mean is, let say we have testing and unstable define in sourcelist, when we run the command apt-get upgrade or apt-get dist-upgrade it changes the OS from stable to sid

what i want to do is, i  want some packages that are available in wheezy , Sid and unstable repositories, however they are very old in squeeze.
i also want to keep my system uptodate for any security patchs.  with command apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade
but if i run above commands while having entries of sid and unstable in sourcelist file it will upgrade my OS to unstable which i do not want.


Thanks,

Myk


On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
There is the possibility to use pinning, a search engine is your friend.

Regarding to "6.0.4 to 6.0.7" it's unclear what you really mean. I
suspect a typo, or laziness to inform yourself about releases and
upgrades ;).




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