Re: cahnging debian version

2005-07-25 Thread Jon Dowland
On 7/24/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, you can downgrade. You use the pinning fuction of apt to set negative > pin numbers on packages. > > http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Debian/downgrade.html You can downgrade, in the sense that nothing is impossible, however, it's very unlik

Re: cahnging debian version

2005-07-24 Thread Mike Fedyk
Hendrik Boom wrote: On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 04:30:11PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Quoting Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: security team.

Re: cahnging debian version

2005-07-24 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 04:30:11PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Quoting Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > security team. > >>> > >>> Are you sure i cannot go back to stable ? > >> > >> I don't think so, at least not without reinstalling. You can upgrade

Re: cahnging debian version

2005-07-24 Thread Brian Nelson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Quoting Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > security team. >>> >>> Are you sure i cannot go back to stable ? >> >> I don't think so, at least not without reinstalling. You can upgrade > from >> Woody (old stable) to sarge (current stable) or from stable to testing

Re: cahnging debian version

2005-07-24 Thread michael
Quoting Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > security team. Are you sure i cannot go back to stable ? I don't think so, at least not without reinstalling. You can upgrade from Woody (old stable) to sarge (current stable) or from stable to testing or unstable. But there is no easy way to downgr

Re: cahnging debian version

2005-07-24 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 09:19:38PM +0200, Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > 2005/7/24, Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > 2) how can i do it? > > > > Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change "stable main" to "testing main" or > > "unstable main". Then run "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade". Thi

Re: cahnging debian version

2005-07-24 Thread Alan Ianson
On Sun July 24 2005 12:19 pm, Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > 2005/7/24, Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 2) how can i do it? > > > > Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change "stable main" to "testing main" or > > "unstable main". Then run "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade". > > Think twice bef

Re: cahnging debian version

2005-07-24 Thread Jules Dubois
On Sunday 24 July 2005 12:15, Paolo Pantaleo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I read on "Debian Reference" how you can update a debian installation > along the path: > stable->testing->unstable > > 1) can i do it? Yes. Before you do, read about security update policies for 'te

Re: cahnging debian version

2005-07-24 Thread Paolo Pantaleo
2005/7/24, Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 2) how can i do it? > > Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change "stable main" to "testing main" or > "unstable main". Then run "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade". Think > twice before going to testing (leading edge) or unstable (bleeding edge

Re: cahnging debian version

2005-07-24 Thread Alan Ianson
On Sun July 24 2005 11:15 am, Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > I read on "Debian Reference" how you can update a debian installation > along the path: > stable->testing->unstable > but, it is not clear: if i want to turn a stable version in a testing > version > 1) can i do it? yes. > 2) how can i do it

Re: cahnging debian version

2005-07-24 Thread Mark Lijftogt
On Sun, 2005-07-24 at 20:15 +0200, Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > I read on "Debian Reference" how you can update a debian installation > along the path: > stable->testing->unstable > but, it is not clear: if i want to turn a stable version in a testing version > 1) can i do it? > 2) how can i do it? I w