Hi all; I have a few quick questions about how to upgrade ONLY certain apps/pkgs...
Right now, I'm using Debian Sarge 3.1r1 (Kernel 2.6.8-2-386) -- after much searching through the archives and also visiting the ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main site to look around myself...I need to ask firstly; * Is "Sarge" (Stable) now considered version 3.1r2 ? * If so, how can I make upgrade mine from 3.1r1 to 3.1r2 -- would it be as simple as 'sudo apt-get update' ? * Which command can I use to show/tell if I'm using 3.1r1? -- and how when I get to 3.1r2? ~$ uname -a doesn't not seem to show that info. I suspect that just by using 'sudo apt-get update' (or would it be 'upgrade' ?) that I will automagically be bumped up to 3.1r2. ...maybe a 'sudo apt-get update && upgrade' would be the magic command? I did two "simulations" (using the -s option) =============================== ~$ sudo apt-get -s update Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Packages Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Release Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Sources Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Sources Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Release Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org stable/main Packages Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org stable/main Release Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org stable/main Sources Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org stable/main Release Hit ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org stable/main Packages Get:1 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages [3996kB] Hit ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org stable/main Release Hit ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org stable/main Sources Hit ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org stable/main Release Get:2 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Release [81B] Get:3 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Sources [1554kB] Get:4 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Release [83B] Fetched 5550kB in 12s (457kB/s) Reading Package Lists... Done ================================== ================================== ~$ sudo apt-get -s upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be upgraded: gdm libfreetype6 libnspr4 libnss3 libsasl2 libsensors3 libtiff-tools libtiff4 mozilla-browser mozilla-psm 10 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Inst libsasl2 [2.1.19-1.5] (2.1.19-1.5sarge1 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Inst gdm [2.6.0.8-1] (2.6.0.8-1sarge2 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Inst libfreetype6 [2.1.7-2.4] (2.1.7-2.5 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Inst mozilla-psm [2:1.7.8-1sarge3] (2:1.7.8-1sarge6 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) [] Inst libnss3 [2:1.7.8-1sarge3] (2:1.7.8-1sarge6 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) [] Inst mozilla-browser [2:1.7.8-1sarge3] (2:1.7.8-1sarge6 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) [] Inst libnspr4 [2:1.7.8-1sarge3] (2:1.7.8-1sarge6 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Inst libsensors3 [1:2.9.1-1sarge2] (1:2.9.1-1sarge3 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Inst libtiff4 [3.7.2-3] (3.7.2-5 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Inst libtiff-tools [3.7.2-3] (3.7.2-5 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Conf libsasl2 (2.1.19-1.5sarge1 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Conf gdm (2.6.0.8-1sarge2 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Conf libfreetype6 (2.1.7-2.5 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Conf libnspr4 (2:1.7.8-1sarge6 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Conf mozilla-browser (2:1.7.8-1sarge6 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Conf libnss3 (2:1.7.8-1sarge6 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Conf mozilla-psm (2:1.7.8-1sarge6 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Conf libsensors3 (1:2.9.1-1sarge3 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Conf libtiff4 (3.7.2-5 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) Conf libtiff-tools (3.7.2-5 Debian-Security:3.1/stable) ======================================= I don't want to (at this point in time) to do a *dist-upgrade* to testing...I really just want the newer version of 'hdparm' only for now ....(I'll want only certain specific pkgs in the future) ...So; How to upgrade hdparm only? And how to do it in such a way that the APT manangement tool will be aware of my specific changes? ~$ apt-cache policy hdparm hdparm: Installed: 6.1-2 Candidate: 6.1-2 Version Table: 6.6-1 0 50 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages *** 6.1-2 0 500 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org stable/main Packages 500 ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org stable/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Right now - I have 'hdparm' 6.1 installed (Sarge/Stable) -- I'd like to use the newest 6.6 Is this possible? -- and if so, will I break any APT dependencies whilst up*dating* in the future (mainly for Security updates) -- I think, if I wanted to upGRADE to Testing completely, I'd use this; 'sudo apt-get update && dist-upgrade' ...yes? Oh...only very recently did I add those "Testing" lines in /etc/apt/sources.list after reading some archived threads about "pinning" - specifically from a nice guy named Rick Moen Go to <http://groups.google.com/?hl=en> use; Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Odd, how gaga googlegroups crap allows no posts after the thread (or perhaps the last response) is over 30days old.....oh well -- I need to setup my own MUA/MTA and NG reader anyway soon. I've also only very added recently this into /etc/apt/preferences (there was nothing there previously) ~$ cat /etc/apt/preferences Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 50 Thanks for your time in replying Regards __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
