On (18/07/05 19:38), Dave Ewart wrote: > On Monday, 18.07.2005 at 18:28 +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > On (18/07/05 09:43), Robert Kopp wrote: > > > In February I installed Sarge, a release from Dec. > > > 2004, which was then the "testing" release. Now the > > > most current release of Sarge is stable. By changing > > > "testing" to "stable" in sources.list, I can install > > > individual packages that aren't already there, but > > > would like to know if it's possible to to upgrade the > > > entire installation to what Sarge is now, as a stable > > > release (for example, with KDE 3.3). Many other Debian > > > users must have already done this, if it is possible. > > > > Sarge to testing is a 'downgrade' and under normal circumstances may > > well break your installation. > > I don't think that's right, nor what he's asking. He's talking about an > 'old' testing installation (when Sarge was testing) upgrading to a new > Sarge (stable). In other words, "Old Sarge" to "New Sarge". > > I would have thought that you should simply be able to > > apt-get update > apt-get upgrade > apt-get dist-upgrade > > etc. > > and get your whole installation updated. > > Changing 'testing' to 'stable' in your sources.list is the correct way > to achieve what you're describing and is *not* a downgrade, unless you > installed new packages following the release of Sarge and while you > still had 'testing' in your sources.list (assuming you'd also done an > 'apt-get update' of course). > I made the possibly erroneous assumption that he'd been updating the system since sarge went stable. If not, then what you say is correct although I wouldn't have thought a dist-upgrade necessary.
I run sid on my workstation and update daily unless things are severely broken. I just assumed everyone else running testing or unstable do the same .... although with less pathelogical frequency ;) Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
