On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:19:24PM +0000, Adam Barton wrote: > I am new to Debian but not so to Linux. I have studied the documentation, > and there seems to be multiple ways to install debian packages. This I > understand and am happily adding new packages as and when I need them > (using apt-get install <package name> and dselect). > > However, how should I be keeping Debian up to date to the latest stable > release and also with the latest security patches? I am kind of looking > for a 'redhat network' or 'windows update' equivalent. > > Is simply 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' as root sufficient?
Yes, that's sufficient. > Are the packages verified that they are indeed a genuine debian update? Not currently; but google for apt-check-sigs and you'll find a way to verify them yourself. There's active work happening on integrating this kind of thing. > If so, how to I check the current 'version' that I am running and also > that it is the 'current' version. /etc/debian_version indicates the version of the distribution you're running, although it really just indicates the version of the distribution for which the 'base-files' package you have was built. If you've dist-upgraded, then you're running whatever's in /etc/apt/sources.list. > My sources.list file [snip] Looks fine for stable, currently Debian 3.0. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
