Re: Changing from testing to unstable.

[Sylvain Vedrenne]

Thomas Adam wrote:
--- Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 


To change from testing to unstable, is is as simple as
s/testing/unstable in /etc/apt/sources.list, `apt-get update` and
`apt-get upgrade` (or do I need to use dist-upgrade for this)?

Basically, yes.
"dist-upgrade" implies "upgrade", but more importantly a dist-upgrade
installs dependant packages external to those not already installed, which
an upgrade does not (see the manpage for apt-get).
 

If I have problems with a package from unstable and want to revert to a
lower-numbered version, how would I do so?
In the first place, the package 'apt-listbugs' can help you avoid some 
critical bugs (those that are already known at the time you apt-get 
install <some_packages>).
  http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/apt-listbugs
  http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/apt-listbugs

Cheers,
Sylvain.

Generally you don't -- you wait for the bug to be fixed.
-- Thomas Adam
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