"Andrew M.A. Cater" <amaca...@einval.com> writes: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 10:03:48AM +0100, Loris Bennett wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a machine which I have updated since Wheezy in 2013 and has thus >> accumulated a bit of cruft. It is currently running Bookworm but seems >> to have become stuck at 12.7. >> >> I have a second machine on which I installed a fresh Bookworm a few >> weeks ago. This has point release 12.9. >> > > 12.10 was just released this last weekend so you might want to upgrade > again. It's not vital but you'll then be more up to date. > > apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade works for me to do that. > > I hit something similar the other day. You can try (from Adam Barratt on IRC): > > adsb | often just rm-ing /var/lib/apt/lists/* and trying again is enough
This seems to have done the trick. Many thanks to you (and Adam Barratt). Now I have: # cat /etc/debian_version 12.10 > In my case, I switched mirrors - my /etc/apt/sources.list pointed to > deb.debian.org in each line of the stanza. > > I'm in the UK to changed this to ftp.uk.debian.org for each line and it > worked for me. I think sometimes it's just a stale file / cache somewhere. > > Try changing mirrors to the nearest mirror in your country, maybe, and > see if that makes a difference. > > As ever with apt problems, it's really useful if you can copy you > *actual* /etc/apt/sources.list file to the mailing list. > > It is very easy to make a typo. Invariably, when you do so, someone else > will spot _exactly_ what you've done immediately, even though you've been > looking at it for hours :) > > With every good wish, as ever, > > Andy Cater > (amaca...@debian.org) > > > > >> I have replaced /etc/apt/source.list on the 12.7 machine with that from >> the 12.9 machine, done >> >> apt-get clean >> apt-get update >> apt-get upgrade >> >> but no new packages are installed. >> >> Where could I look to see where the problem is? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Loris >> >> -- >> This signature is currently under constuction. >> -- This signature is currently under constuction.
