Sean Richardson said: > In the past I have typically just built these packages (again for many > reasons)...but seeing as they are already available under woody I would > like to try the packages. I am not quite ready to switch over to > woody as I am stuck behind a modem for another month and waiting for 200 > meg dls
At this point, potato and woody are very similar, so it might not be as big of a download as you fear. You could try pointing your sources.list at woody, issuing your apt-get commands (apt-get update ; apt-get install package1 package2... for individual package updates, apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade to do everything), and see how much data needs to be grabbed to fulfill that request, then allow or cancel it. (dselect only allows all-or-nothing upgrades; apt-get allows more selective work. If you're not already familiar with apt-get, read the man page and see how wonderful it is.) > agitates both my isp and me(grammar?). Yes, that is correct. > So..what is the best way to selectively upgrade packages to woody? and > is this advisable? if not what would you recommend? Absolutely. I've run machines on mixed slink/potato and never had any problems with it. -- "Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist "So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton Geek Code 3.1: GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P+>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r++ y+
