Felix Miata wrote on 02/18/17 06:10: > I changed sources.list to point only to sid, then apt-get clean, then apt-get > update, apt-get -u dist-upgrade. /etc/debian_version and /etc/issue still say > I > have 9.0. Can held back non-essential packages stonewall a dist-upgrade? mc > and > mc-lang 4.8.17 have been held back by me manually because 4.8.18 is broken. Is > this why I don't seem to have sid?
The file /etc/issue belongs to package base-files (dpkg -S /etc/issue) There is no newer version of this package in sid than that of testing which is version 9.8. Therefore, you see "9.0" in /etc/issue. More helpful is apt-show-versions (from the package with the same name): $ apt-show-versions | grep unstable To find out if some packages are still upgradeable, order $ apt-show-versions -u Regards, jvp.
