On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:17:34 -0400, hendrik wrote
(<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>):
> On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 07:30:08AM +1000, Felix Karpfen wrote:
>>
>>
>> My thanks also to the other respondents who were good enough to share
>> their experiences. I am especially grateful for the advice from
>> "hendrik
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:54:06AM -0400, Juergen Fiedler wrote:
> If I remember correctly, 'dist-upgrade' got its name because it is
> smarter about resolving the vast numbers of potentially altered
> dependencies...
No, it's not any "smarter". What would be the use of a dumber vs smarter
algori
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:54:06AM -0400, Juergen Fiedler wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:13:30AM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote:
> > Jon Dowland wrote:
> > > Please note that you are advised to *not do this*, but to
> > > *always* read the release notes for the relevant
> >
> > you certainly noticed
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:13:30AM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote:
> Jon Dowland wrote:
> > Please note that you are advised to *not do this*, but to
> > *always* read the release notes for the relevant
>
> you certainly noticed that I had there aptitude upgrade (not dist-upgrade),
> right?
It should be
Jon Dowland wrote:
> Please note that you are advised to *not do this*, but to
> *always* read the release notes for the relevant
you certainly noticed that I had there aptitude upgrade (not dist-upgrade),
right?
> architecture you are updating to (as per Joey's post). For
> example, woody -> sar
On (31/07/06 12:48), Jon Dowland wrote:
> At 1153952369 past the epoch, Matej Cepl wrote:
> > Just stick this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list
> >
> > deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
> >
> > and keep running "aptitude update; aptitude upgrade" from
> > time to
At 1153952369 past the epoch, Matej Cepl wrote:
> Just stick this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
>
> and keep running "aptitude update; aptitude upgrade" from
> time to time -- when etch will be pronounced stable, you
> wil
On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 07:30:08AM +1000, Felix Karpfen wrote:
>
> I note, from a cursory read, that the dist-upgrade should be run from a
> console (and not from XWindows). Not as straightforward as it once
> was, since the system currently defaults to "gdm".
Yes. since the upgrade will probab
On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 07:30:08 +1000, Felix Karpfen wrote:
[...]
> I note, from a cursory read, that the dist-upgrade should be run from a
> console (and not from XWindows). Not as straightforward as it once
> was, since the system currently defaults to "gdm".
You can press CTRL + ALT + F1 (o
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:08:27 -0400, Joey Hess wrote
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> Felix Karpfen wrote:
>> This posting is an advance-request to include "update from Debian 3.1"
>> instructions in the proposed release of Debian 4.0. If existing
>> documentation applies, a relevant URL would suffice.
>
On 7/27/06, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Matej Cepl writes:
> and keep running "aptitude update; aptitude upgrade" from time to time --
You will want to use 'dist-upgrade' to upgrade from Sarge to Etch.
Right, and if you're a desktop user probably you will be happy keeping
up with 'd
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 10:19:29PM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote:
> Felix Karpfen wrote:
> > This posting is an advance-request to include "update from Debian 3.1"
> > instructions in the proposed release of Debian 4.0. If existing
> > documentation applies, a relevant URL would suffice.
>
> Just stick
Matej Cepl writes:
> and keep running "aptitude update; aptitude upgrade" from time to time --
You will want to use 'dist-upgrade' to upgrade from Sarge to Etch.
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Felix Karpfen wrote:
> This posting is an advance-request to include "update from Debian 3.1"
> instructions in the proposed release of Debian 4.0. If existing
> documentation applies, a relevant URL would suffice.
Just stick this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/d
Felix Karpfen wrote:
> This posting is an advance-request to include "update from Debian 3.1"
> instructions in the proposed release of Debian 4.0. If existing
> documentation applies, a relevant URL would suffice.
Debian _always_ provides comprehensive and well-tested upgrade instructions
for ne
By adhering to the install instructions that were on Disk 1 (of a
14-disk CD set) of Debian 3.1, I have ended up with a fully functioning OS.
These instructions assume a "clean install" (which was the case).
This posting is an advance-request to include "update from Debian 3.1"
instructions in th
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