On Wed, Sep 09, 2015 at 08:38:43AM +0200, Joris Schoolmeesters wrote: > Hi all, > > With Debian 7.9 out in the wild, apt-get will upgrade you > automatically to 7.9 on Debian 7. > > Is there a way to upgrade from 7.7 to 7.8 ? > > Thanks in advance, > Joris
You could install packages from 7.8 media using apt-cdrom and the DVD images. As soon as you do an apt-get update from the 'Net, you'll be on 7.9 :( The FAQ should cover it: there isn't a great deal of difference between point upgrades - they roll up security fixes about once a quarter or so. If you update regularly, you won't notice much difference anyway in most cases - the version number in base-files and /etc/debian_version will change. In general, Debian doesn't provide a way to maintain a specific point release - by doing so, you risk not getting updates, security fixes etc. The package update mechanisms will cope with updating from one minor version to another. When major release versions change (7-8-9) then there is some shuffling around as testing -> stable, stable -> oldstable and it pays to upgrade following procedures in the Release notes. Hope this helps, AndyC
