On 22/01/2008, charlie derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An associate is not quite as avid a linux user as I am (though he's been at > it at least as long). He's got a machine that's > running etch that he uses as a general all-purpose workstation desktop > (gnome, icedove, iceweasel, ooo, emacs, cups, and a bunch > more often-used apps). He's really eager to upgrade from etch to something > newer. So I thought I'd ask here about any possible > pitfalls, or suggestions of how best to get him to a semi-stable bunch of > packages from testing/lenny. For that matter is there > any information about when a lenny freeze might happen? (so that I can help > him time a in switch his /etc/apt/sources.list back > from testing to lenny so that he can avoid shooting himself in the foot later) > > Anyhow, if I were going to do this without anyone else's input (go from etch > to testing), here's the way I'd attempt it on my own > machine: > > aptitude update; aptitude upgrade // to make sure etch is current > change /etc/apt/sources.list by applying s/etch/testing/ > aptitude update > aptitude install aptitude > aptitude install apt-listbugs > aptitude safe-upgrade (if that's available in the aptitude in testing > right now) > > > thanks much in advance for any suggestions, > ~c > Would http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php help? You'd get the benefit of a mostly stable installation but be able to get later versions of some software from there.
Instructions at http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions Regards L. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
