> Why not just point apt at the *name* of the release that you want? > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib non-free > > This way you don't have to worry about it.
Well, you see, my sysadmin style is very "short attention span". I manage about 10 Debian boxes and I like to keep them up to date by doing the following: run dselect [U]pdate... clear available list... [S]elect... and then just hit <return> to make sure we select any newly-required debs. [I]nstall... download all, install, remove installed.... [C]onfig... [Q]uit All in all, this usually takes about 5 minutes of my attention per machine per update. Also, since I always want my machines on the bleeding edge, I always want the latest of whatever's available. If I just pointed dselect and apt to "woody" instead of "unstable", then, in about a year, I "woody" wouldn't be the latest dist anymore. (I mean, that's the whole reason the "stable", "frozen", and "unstable" symlinks are there in the first place, no?) - Joe
