Re: keeping Debian up to date and checking the version number

2003-12-31 Thread Johann Koenig
On Wednesday December 31 at 08:29pm Adam Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the help. I am more than reassured enough to move my Debian > > box into service now. This is good news because I could do with a > Linux box at home. > > A cron job has been set to do the updating via apt, a

Re: keeping Debian up to date and checking the version number

2003-12-31 Thread Adam Barton
People, Thanks for the help. I am more than reassured enough to move my Debian box into service now. This is good news because I could do with a Linux box at home. A cron job has been set to do the updating via apt, and I will check apt-check-sic (I assume this is the apt-check-sic.pl script I

Re: keeping Debian up to date and checking the version number

2003-12-31 Thread Stephen Touset
On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 18:19, Adam Barton wrote: > Are the packages verified that they are indeed a genuine debian update? Others have answered your other questions, so I figured I'd hit this. Yes, they are. While each individual package isn't signed, there's a Release file downloaded with apt-get

Re: keeping Debian up to date and checking the version number

2003-12-31 Thread Stephen Touset
On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 20:19, wynn wrote: > On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:19:24PM +, Adam Barton wrote: > > Guys, > what about us 'non-guys'? > > wynn > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rowr, and now I have your email address too! -- Stephen Touset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Descrip

Re: keeping Debian up to date and checking the version number

2003-12-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:19:24PM +, Adam Barton wrote: > However, how should I be keeping Debian up to date to the latest stable > release and also with the latest security patches? I am kind of looking > for a 'redhat network' or 'windows update

Re: keeping Debian up to date and checking the version number

2003-12-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:19:24PM +, Adam Barton wrote: > I am new to Debian but not so to Linux. I have studied the documentation, > and there seems to be multiple ways to install debian packages. This I > understand and am happily adding new packages as and when I need them > (using apt-get

Re: keeping Debian up to date and checking the version number

2003-12-30 Thread Andy Firman
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 05:19:53PM -0800, wynn wrote: > On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:19:24PM +, Adam Barton wrote: > > Guys, > what about us 'non-guys'? I think we are all guys. Unless you are something that we don't know about. www.dictionary.com 4 entries found for guys. 1. guy: Info

Re: keeping Debian up to date and checking the version number

2003-12-30 Thread wynn
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:19:24PM +, Adam Barton wrote: > Guys, what about us 'non-guys'? wynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]