Re: Upgrading from Stable to Testing...

2006-04-24 Thread Andrei Popescu
Tiago Pedrosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:20:08 +0200 > Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello list,I've not come across a definitive answer on this one, > > probably due to not having search enough. Anyway, what's the best way > > of updating a box running Stable to r

Re: Upgrading from Stable to Testing...

2006-04-24 Thread Marc Shapiro
Bob wrote: Do I just change my sources from stable to testing and do and update followed by an upgrade, or do I do a dist-upgrade...? The reason I ask is that I haven't seen too much info on dist-upgrade and don't really understand how to use it. When you do a regular 'upgrade', apt will only

Re: Upgrading from Stable to Testing...

2006-04-24 Thread Tiago Pedrosa
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:20:08 +0200 Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello list,I've not come across a definitive answer on this one, > probably due to not having search enough. Anyway, what's the best way > of updating a box running Stable to run Testing...? > > Do I just change my sources from s

Upgrading from Stable to Testing...

2006-04-24 Thread Bob
Hello list,I've not come across a definitive answer on this one, probably due to not having search enough. Anyway, what's the best way of updating a box running Stable to run Testing...? Do I just change my sources from stable to testing and do and update followed by an upgrade, or do I do a dist

Upgrading from stable to testing: Tips request

2004-11-04 Thread Jacob Friis
Since most of the packages I use are from the testing release, I'm going to upgrade my system to testing. As I have a Broadcom ethernet controller I currently use kernel-image 2.4.26-2-686-smp from woody-proposed-updates. My server is a HP ProLiant DL140. So I need a kernel witch supports dual

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2004-01-01 Thread Paul Morgan
On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 09:28:43 +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 03:41:05PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: >> And yes, it's a hack (to get around limited space in the boot sector), but >> it works OK. > > It shouldn't go unnoticed, that the boot sector is a hack, too. Not to > mention B

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2004-01-01 Thread Jan Minar
On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 03:41:05PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > And yes, it's a hack (to get around limited space in the boot sector), but > it works OK. It shouldn't go unnoticed, that the boot sector is a hack, too. Not to mention BIOS, which is the thing why the MBR _has_ to be there. -- Jan

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-31 Thread Paul Morgan
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:23:01 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > Logical vs. Primary. Logical partitions are a work-around for the fact > that you can only have four primary partitions. So 1-4 are reserved for > primary partitions, and logical partitions start at 5. > > See, it *is* logical =) >

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-31 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 at 17:02 GMT, Josh Robinson penned: > > --=-uzmGsEA+c4X4kdWAzKLY Content-Type: text/plain > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > >> Your must have set your partitions up as logical partitions. Logical >> partitions start at 5. > > how wonderfully, err, logical >

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-31 Thread Josh Robinson
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Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-31 Thread Paul Morgan
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 15:33:55 +, Josh Robinson wrote: > all sorted out: thanks to all for your help. nice shiny box, working as > new - and i no longer have to use pine to get at my email! > > for some reason, my partitions are hda5 through 8 - i have no idea quite > how or why i set them up l

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-31 Thread Josh Robinson
all sorted out: thanks to all for your help. nice shiny box, working as new - and i no longer have to use pine to get at my email! for some reason, my partitions are hda5 through 8 - i have no idea quite how or why i set them up like that, but once i'd found that out, it was all ok. oh, and using

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-31 Thread Anthony DiSante
Josh Robinson wrote: thanks for all the advice: still no joy as yet, though when i boot from the CD, it gives me about 5 options, most of which involve a new installation. there is, however, the option of executing a shell command. when i do that, it tells me i'm about to run ash (whatever that mi

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-31 Thread Josh Robinson
thanks for all the advice: still no joy as yet, though when i boot from the CD, it gives me about 5 options, most of which involve a new installation. there is, however, the option of executing a shell command. when i do that, it tells me i'm about to run ash (whatever that might be) and that the

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-30 Thread Paul Morgan
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:02:04 +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 10:32:47AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: >> On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:00:41 +0100, HdV wrote: >> > Note that if you use the lines above you will stay with sarge once it >> > gets to stable. If you want to continue tracking

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-30 Thread Paul Morgan
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:27:56 -0500, Anthony DiSante wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Note also that sarge currently does NOT have a useful security >> repository. All security updates for testing need to go through sid >> first, so there is a not insignificant delay before they are apt-getable

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-30 Thread B. L. Jilek
Hi Josh! On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Josh Robinson wrote: > a problem: > > i updated my sources.list file, and ran apt-get dist-upgrade. followed the > instructions on the screen. and rebooted. > > except now my box won't boot. i just get the characters LI (i think) in > the top left-hand corner of th

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-30 Thread Anthony DiSante
Josh Robinson wrote: Maybe you have one of the woody intaller CD's, boot off the first one, and when prompted type rescue root=/dev/hdxX <-- replace with your root partition, probably hda1. thanks: how do i know which is my root partition? (i can't remember which is which of my various partit

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-30 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 05:11:14PM +, Josh Robinson wrote: > > Maybe you have one of the woody intaller CD's, boot off the first one, > > and when prompted type rescue root=/dev/hdxX <-- replace with your > > root partition, probably hda1. > > thanks: how do i know which is my root partiti

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-30 Thread Anthony DiSante
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Note also that sarge currently does NOT have a useful security repository. All security updates for testing need to go through sid first, so there is a not insignificant delay before they are apt-getable for testing... Most of the time that isn't too much of a problem as "a

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-30 Thread Josh Robinson
> Maybe you have one of the woody intaller CD's, boot off the first one, > and when prompted type rescue root=/dev/hdxX <-- replace with your > root partition, probably hda1. thanks: how do i know which is my root partition? (i can't remember which is which of my various partitions - i can't r

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 10:32:47AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:00:41 +0100, HdV wrote: > > Note that if you use the lines above you will stay with sarge once it > > gets to stable. If you want to continue tracking testing after that > > you should change all occurances of "sa

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-30 Thread Paul Morgan
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:00:41 +0100, HdV wrote: > > Note that if you use the lines above you will stay with sarge once it > gets to stable. If you want to continue tracking testing after that > you should change all occurances of "sarge" with "testing" in the above > lines. > That's exactly the

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-30 Thread Hugo S. Carrer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:32:58 + (GMT) Josh Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a problem: > > i updated my sources.list file, and ran apt-get dist-upgrade. followed the > instructions on the screen. and rebooted. > > except now my box won't boo

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-30 Thread HdV
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Anthony DiSante wrote: > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free > > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US sarge/non-US main contrib non-free > > deb http://security.debian.org sarge/updates main contrib non-free > > > > WATCH for the sarge word

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-30 Thread Josh Robinson
a problem: i updated my sources.list file, and ran apt-get dist-upgrade. followed the instructions on the screen. and rebooted. except now my box won't boot. i just get the characters LI (i think) in the top left-hand corner of teh screen, and nothing happens. what should i do? josh -- To UN

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-30 Thread Anthony DiSante
Hugo S. Carrer wrote: If the box has a connection to the internet all you need to do is the following: 1) Open as root the file /etc/apt/sources.list with your favorite editor and uncomment or add if missing the folowing lines. deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free deb ht

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-29 Thread Paul Morgan
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:21:40 -0500, Anthony DiSante wrote: > > ...and it makes me think that I can put lines into /etc/apt/preferences > and/or /etc/apt/apt.conf that will cause "apt-get upgrade" to upgrade me to > the testing release. Is that correct? If so, exactly what do I need to put >

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-29 Thread Paul Morgan
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:21:40 -0500, Anthony DiSante wrote: > Hello, > ...and it makes me think that I can put lines into /etc/apt/preferences > and/or /etc/apt/apt.conf that will cause "apt-get upgrade" to upgrade me to > the testing release. Is that correct? If so, exactly what do I need to p

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-29 Thread Hugo S. Carrer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:21:40 -0500 Anthony DiSante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > ... > ...and/or /etc/apt/apt.conf that will cause "apt-get upgrade" to upgrade me to > the testing release. Is that correct? If so, exactly what do I need to p

Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-29 Thread Anthony DiSante
Hello, I've been using Slackware for a little over a year now, and have loved it except for one thing: installing programs. Most of the time it goes just fine, but the 10% or 20% of the time when it doesn't, it's incredibly frustrating. After spending an entire day last week trying to get Tux

Re: Upgrading from stable

2003-10-02 Thread Antony Gelberg
On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 11:50:28PM +, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 00:38:49 +0100, Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned: > > Hi all, > > > > I think I'm ready to upgrade my main desktop machine from stable. > > I've been running stable (with an XF4.3 backport) for months

Re: Upgrading from stable

2003-10-02 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 00:38:49 +0100, Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned: > Hi all, > > I think I'm ready to upgrade my main desktop machine from stable. > I've been running stable (with an XF4.3 backport) for months now with > no problems. Only thing is, I'm starting to run into too many pac

Upgrading from stable

2003-10-02 Thread Antony Gelberg
Hi all, I think I'm ready to upgrade my main desktop machine from stable. I've been running stable (with an XF4.3 backport) for months now with no problems. Only thing is, I'm starting to run into too many packages where I do need new features and fixes. I'm tempted to go straight to unstable -

Re: Upgrading from Stable to Testing

2003-02-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 02:21:51AM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > Nearly. Testing has got (effectively) no new binary packages in months, > because sid has switched to libc6 2.3.1, which is, er, 'a little buggy'. > It's been broken enough that it's been unable to move into testing, and > since all binar

Re: Upgrading from Stable to Testing

2003-02-25 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 12:53:48AM -0500, sean finney wrote: > On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 10:44:16PM -0600, Hanasaki JiJi wrote: > > IMO, yes. > > > > Although, I use "sarge" not "testing" to be sure that I dont > > inadvertantly upgrade to the next version of testing by accident. > > right, but be

Re: Upgrading from Stable to Testing

2003-02-24 Thread Levi Waldron
On February 24, 2003 05:15 pm, M. Kirchhoff wrote: > How do the two methods differ?  I don't know anything about downreving, > so I wasn't aware that modifying my sources.list as outlined below would > prevent me from doing that... thanks for the response Keeping the "stable" lines in your apt.sou

RE: Upgrading from Stable to Testing

2003-02-24 Thread M. Kirchhoff
ebruary 24, 2003 9:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Upgrading from Stable to Testing > -Original Message- > From: M. Kirchhoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Once I've got the Stable release of Woody running, is the best way to > move up to the Testing level to s

RE: Upgrading from Stable to Testing

2003-02-24 Thread Jeff Hahn
> -Original Message- > From: M. Kirchhoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Once I've got the Stable release of Woody running, is the best way to > move up to the Testing level to simply change my to point > to > > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main > > and then run > > apt-get up

Re: Upgrading from Stable to Testing

2003-02-23 Thread sean finney
On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 10:44:16PM -0600, Hanasaki JiJi wrote: > IMO, yes. > > Although, I use "sarge" not "testing" to be sure that I dont > inadvertantly upgrade to the next version of testing by accident. right, but beware, there's lots of folks who say that testing is worse off than unstable

Re: Upgrading from Stable to Testing

2003-02-23 Thread Hanasaki JiJi
IMO, yes. Although, I use "sarge" not "testing" to be sure that I dont inadvertantly upgrade to the next version of testing by accident. M. Kirchhoff wrote: Once I've got the Stable release of Woody running, is the best way to move up to the Testing level to simply change my to point to http://

Upgrading from Stable to Testing

2003-02-23 Thread M. Kirchhoff
Once I've got the Stable release of Woody running, is the best way to move up to the Testing level to simply change my to point to http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main and then run apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade If there's a better/more efficient way, please let me know! Thanks!

Re: upgrading from stable to woody

2002-05-29 Thread Rob Byrnes
At 10:16 30/05/2002, Falk Hueffner sent this up the stick: Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Ted Goodridge, Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The woody alpha install images have that nasty loop bug with the base > > pkg. > > Ted > > Still? > > Sid/unstable too? You can install

Re: upgrading from stable to woody

2002-05-29 Thread Falk Hueffner
Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Ted Goodridge, Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The woody alpha install images have that nasty loop bug with the base > > pkg. > > Ted > > Still? > > Sid/unstable too? You can install till your in that loop and then > replace the faulty deb w

Re: upgrading from stable to woody

2002-05-29 Thread Goswin Brederlow
"Ted Goodridge, Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The woody alpha install images have that nasty loop bug with the base > pkg. > Ted Still? Sid/unstable too? You can install till your in that loop and then replace the faulty deb with a newer one. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: upgrading from stable to woody

2002-05-29 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Robert Funnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 28 May 2002, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > >edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point to woody, and do apt-get > > >dist-upgrade > > > > > This usually works great, but for an upgrade of this magnitude (between > > releases), I'd strongly recommend d

Re: upgrading from stable to woody

2002-05-29 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Robert Funnell wrote: On Tue, 28 May 2002, Adam C Powell IV wrote: edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point to woody, and do apt-get dist-upgrade This usually works great, but for an upgrade of this magnitude (between releases), I'd strongly recommend dselect or another tool with interactive depe

Re: upgrading from stable to woody

2002-05-28 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 06:59:11PM -0400, Robert Funnell wrote: > I was going to ask if one could do this using dselect rather than > apt-get dist-upgrade, but concluded that it was a dumb question and > that the answer was obviously 'no'. I guess I was wrong. Do you have > to do anything special i

Re: upgrading from stable to woody

2002-05-28 Thread Oki DZ
On 2002.05.29 05:59 Robert Funnell wrote: I'm also confused about kernels. I think I read that there was a choice of kernel versions to use with woody. I guess there's no problem with upgrading to woody using the same old kernel? I assume that dselect doesn't do kernels. Usually, you wouldn't h

Re: upgrading from stable to woody

2002-05-28 Thread Robert Funnell
On Tue, 28 May 2002, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > >edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point to woody, and do apt-get > >dist-upgrade > > > This usually works great, but for an upgrade of this magnitude (between > releases), I'd strongly recommend dselect or another tool with > interactive dependency negot

Re: upgrading from stable to woody

2002-05-28 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Falk Hueffner wrote: "Ted Goodridge, Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I know this has been asked before, but what are , in general terms, the way of upgrading an entire system to woody? I have to install stable first (on an alpha...due to woody install glitches), Hmm, what's wrong with the

Re: upgrading from stable to woody

2002-05-28 Thread Rene Engelhard
Mike Egglestone wrote: > APT has to be the greatest thing ever. Jes, it is. > All you really need to do is edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file > to point to either stable, or testing, or unstable and then > run > #apt-get update > #apt-get dist-upgrade > > Obviously, you want woody, so you w

Re: upgrading from stable to woody

2002-05-28 Thread Mike Egglestone
Hi, APT has to be the greatest thing ever. All you really need to do is edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file to point to either stable, or testing, or unstable and then run #apt-get update #apt-get dist-upgrade Obviously, you want woody, so you would point apt sources to "testing". To point th

RE: upgrading from stable to woody

2002-05-28 Thread Ted Goodridge, Jr
rg; debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: upgrading from stable to woody > > "Ted Goodridge, Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I know this has been asked before, but what are , in general terms, the > > way of upgrading an entire system to woody? I

Re: upgrading from stable to woody

2002-05-28 Thread Falk Hueffner
"Ted Goodridge, Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I know this has been asked before, but what are , in general terms, the > way of upgrading an entire system to woody? I have to install stable > first (on an alpha...due to woody install glitches), Hmm, what's wrong with the woody installation?

upgrading from stable to woody

2002-05-28 Thread Ted Goodridge, Jr
I know this has been asked before, but what are , in general terms, the way of upgrading an entire system to woody? I have to install stable first (on an alpha...due to woody install glitches), and need help finding documentation on how to do it. Ted -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: problems upgrading from stable

2001-08-05 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 09:27:59PM -0700, Rich Rudnick wrote: > > I'm still new to debian, but I'm here because these things do get fixed :) Agreed. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good ide

Re: problems upgrading from stable

2001-08-03 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Fri, 03 Aug 2001 13:26:53 Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 01:08:08PM -0700, Rich Rudnick wrote: > > > The recommended fix (search the archives) is to upgrade to woody first, > > then sid. Worked for me. > > I assume that they're fixing this problem though, no? I mean,

Re: problems upgrading from stable

2001-08-03 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 01:22:49PM -0700, Shriram Shrikumar wrote: > Hi Mike, > > several people including myself. There is a package that you need to > install manually - I think its db2 something (it was early in the > morning when i was doing this). try doing a search with google on > libdb2.so

Re: problems upgrading from stable

2001-08-03 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 01:08:08PM -0700, Rich Rudnick wrote: > The recommended fix (search the archives) is to upgrade to woody first, > then sid. Worked for me. I assume that they're fixing this problem though, no? I mean, it should work, and Debian has the wonderful tendency to do what it

Re: problems upgrading from stable

2001-08-03 Thread Shriram Shrikumar
Hi Mike, several people including myself. There is a package that you need to install manually - I think its db2 something (it was early in the morning when i was doing this). try doing a search with google on libdb2.so.3 - gives you some pointers if that doesnt work. Hope this helps Shri -

Re: problems upgrading from stable

2001-08-03 Thread Rich Rudnick
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 9:10 PM > Subject: Re: problems upgrading from stable > > > | I had the same error when upgrading from 2.2R2 > | --- Original Message --- > | From: "Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | To: Debian User Mailing List &g

Re: problems upgrading from stable

2001-08-03 Thread Patrick Kirk
Me too. It was a fresh install and I formatted again. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Debian User Mailing List" Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 9:10 PM Subject: Re: problems upgrading from stab

Re: problems upgrading from stable

2001-08-03 Thread russcook
I had the same error when upgrading from 2.2R2 --- Original Message --- From: "Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian User Mailing List Subject: problems upgrading from stable >Hey people.=20 > >So, I just installed 2.2r3, with only a base system, a

problems upgrading from stable

2001-08-03 Thread Michael P. Soulier
Hey people. So, I just installed 2.2r3, with only a base system, and then dist-upgraded to unstable...almost. libreadline4 died at a perl script saying that it couldn't find libdb2.so.3. Looks like it introduced a dependency without installing the required packages. Has anyone