Re: Upgrading over the internet

2003-07-19 Thread David Z Maze
J F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > TekMate wrote: >> tom wrote: >>>OK, I finally got my potato distro connected to the >>>internet. I want to upgrade to Woody over the internet. I forgot how to >>>do it. >>> >>>Anyone remember? >> >> Apt-get dist-upgrade >> remember to change your sources in /etc

Re: Upgrading over the internet

2003-07-19 Thread Bret Comstock Waldow
man apt-get says that "dist-upgrade" has some more dependency resolution smarts that's useful for changes made between distributions. From my own perusal of package repositories I know there are "dummy" packages to ease transitions between different implementations of some programs. Cheers, Bret

Re: Upgrading over the internet

2003-07-19 Thread J F
TekMate wrote: tom wrote: OK, I finally got my potato distro connected to the internet. I want to upgrade to Woody over the internet. I forgot how to do it. Anyone remember? Apt-get dist-upgrade remember to change your sources in /etc/apt/sources.list Why wouldn't apt-get update apt-get upgrade b