Christopher Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:32:38PM +0000, lostson wrote: > > Hello > > I have a laptop and a desktop machine running sarge. I would like to > > update them to etch. I am thinking I have heard I can do this with > > aptitude, is this possible and if so anyone got a links to a good doc? > > Or can I jsut use my sources list from this machine on the other 2 and > > do a apt-get update then apt-get upgrade ? Thanks. > > It is possible, just edit '/etc/apt/sources.list' in your favourite > editor and replace all occurances of "stable" or "sarge" with either > "testing" (if you want to stay with newer stuff after etch is released) > or "etch" (if you want to use etch once it becomes 'stable'). Then a > simple 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get dist-upgrade' (mind the dist-) will > update. Watch your updating however, there have been some changes since > sarge, like xfree86 -> xorg, so prepare to reinstall some packages and > deal with some brokenness.
On my sid system there are still packages from stable and testing, though I do a dist-upgrade at least every week. This is why I consider it best to keep sources also for stable and testing and just change your default release in apt.conf For the OP: This means you should just copy the line with 'stable' and replace 'stable' with 'testing'. You will also need to create the file /etc/apt/apt.conf to contain the following line: APT::Default-Release "testing"; After that, just do 'aptitude update', 'aptitude dist-upgrade' and cross your fingers. Regards Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
