On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 08:57:31PM -0400, Mike Robinson wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > >Since Etch hasn't been stable for a year and a half, we need some > >basics: > > > >contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list > >contents of /etc/debian_version > > > >When last you did a successful update/upgrade cycle and what package > >manager you use. > > I use "apt-get" from the command line as a package manager. I never do > "upgrade"...I simply do "apt-get update; apt-get install <package name>" > whenever I need to upgrade a package. I'm probably updating > individual packages at a rate of about once a month. > > $ cat /etc/debian_version > testing/unstable >
The first time I ran testing was when my new box wouldn't run Sarge. I've stuck with Etch so far. In a perfect world, your method may well work. If a newer package depends on a newer version of something else, it should depend on a newer version. However, testing is anything but a perfect world and I'd be concerned that you're not picking up everything; somewhere along the line something that really should be upgraded, isn't. So my suggestion would be to bring your system right up-to-date across the board and then see if you still have the problem. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
