Package: debian-faq Version: 4.0.4 Severity: normal Although it is documented and hinted in "FAQ" and "Debian Reference", it will be nice to have direct answer to the question:
Q: How to upgrade Debian from stable to testing (or to unstable)? A: Normal installation process installs Debian "stable" system. You can upgrade from "stable" to "testing" by setting the distribution suite name string in the "/etc/apt/sources.list" from "stable" to "testing" (or setting the distribution codename string from "&releasename;" to "&testingreleasename;"). You can upgrade from "stable" to "unstable" by setting the distribution suite name string in the "/etc/apt/sources.list" from "stable" to "unstable" (or setting the distribution codename string from "&releasename;" to "sid"). These operations come with some risks. Please read "Life with eternal upgrades" in "Debian Reference" for details. (Put link to http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_life_with_eternal_upgrades) If there is no objection, I will comit SGML into SVN between current 2.4 and 2.5: # 2.4 How do I install the Debian from CD-ROMs? # 2.5 Why does the official stable released CD-ROM contain symlinks for `frozen' and `unstable'? I thought this CD contains just `stable'! -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.3 APT prefers proposed-updates APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash debian-faq depends on no packages. debian-faq recommends no packages. Versions of packages debian-faq suggests: ii epiphany-gecko [ww 2.22.3-9 Intuitive GNOME web browser - Geck ii evince [postscript 2.22.2-4~lenny1 Document (postscript, pdf) viewer ii ghostscript [posts 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny1 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF ii iceweasel [www-bro 3.0.6-3 lightweight web browser based on M ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.2-2+b1 WWW browsable pager with excellent -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
