A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > Slink is the current stable debian release version, which is 2.1 > > Potato is the current unstable release version, which is due > > to be released before the end of the year, god willing. :) > > > > Often you will see Slink = Stable, Potato = Unstable, but > > I have been using potato for a while now will little or no problems, > > and it works a lot better in many ways, at least for me. > > Then how come at ftp.debian.org there's a directory named slink and > also a directory named stable, and a directory named potato and also a > directory named unstable?
'stable' is a symbolic link to 'slink', and 'unstable' is a symbolic link to 'potato'. Easier to say 'upgrade to latest stable' or 'upgrade to latest unstable' with those links. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
