On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 05:29:46AM +0000, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > > I just installed a system using the 4 floppies for a compact install (rescue, > root image, and 2 drivers) and did the rest of the install via the net. > > Very nice. > > So, I now have a running woody that I want to upgrade to testing. > > I did an apt-get -s dist-upgrade, and it then said that > > gozer:/home/madmac# apt-get -s dist-upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Calculating Upgrade... Done > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > so it wasn't going to do anything . . . > > so here's my sourceslist: > > gozer:/home/madmac# cat /etc/apt/sources.list > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib > deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free > deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free > > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free > gozer:/home/madmac# > > and it's still set to stable . . . . (woody) > > I thought apt-get dist-upgrade would take you from woody to sarge, or sarge > to sid, and so on?? I'm obviously missing something here . . . . >
It will, but you need to replace the instances of "stable" in sources.list with "testing" or "sarge", then run apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
