Re: keeping woody

2004-10-07 Thread Michael Graham
Olav wrote: > The same solution is true for everyone who wants to keep with sarge > when it becomes the stable release. Yes, but only if you don't use apt-pinning (I think most sarge users do) because the codenames can't be used in /etc/apt/preferences, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepor

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-30 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 05:04:16PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Olav Lavell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Op di 28-09-2004, om 11:45 schreef Clive Menzies: > > > >> On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrot

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-29 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/09/04 21:18), Max Moritz Sievers wrote: > On Tuesday 28 September 2004 21:01, Clive Menzies wrote: > > I don't think there is any non-free stuff on them. Time to google to verify > > that. > > Take a look at the Virtual Richard M. Stallman: > http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/vrms

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Justin Guerin: > > Are you sure this isn't just an aptitude problem? Aptitude doesn't seem to > like it when you change sources.list. Have you tried apt-get update first? That is nuts. Not only that, it worked! Thank you very much. > I find that when I add a new source, I ha

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Joost Witteveen: > Clive Menzies wrote: > > >># this doesn't: > >>deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security woody/updates main contrib > >>non-free > > > >Ah! Well this does here: > >deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main > > [snip] > Anyway http://www.debian.org

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Olav Lavell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Op di 28-09-2004, om 11:45 schreef Clive Menzies: > >> On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> > How do I set it up to make sure I stay with woody and do not >> >

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > How do I set it up to make sure I stay with woody and do not automatically > upgrad to the new stable? In /etc/apt/sources.list, change everything that says stable to woody. -BEGIN PGP S

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Joost Witteveen
Max Moritz Sievers wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2004 21:01, Clive Menzies wrote: I don't think there is any non-free stuff on them. Time to google to verify that. Take a look at the Virtual Richard M. Stallman: http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/vrms Brilliant! However, # dpkg --purge unra

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 10:52:47AM -0600, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Clive Menzies: > > On (28/09/04 10:02), s. keeling wrote: > > > Incoming from Clive Menzies: > > > > On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When th

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Max Moritz Sievers
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 21:01, Clive Menzies wrote: > I don't think there is any non-free stuff on them. Time to google to verify > that. Take a look at the Virtual Richard M. Stallman: http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/vrms -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Max Moritz Sievers

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/09/04 18:50), Joost Witteveen wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > > >Ah! Well this does here: > >deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main > > Reminds me of the time my box was rooted. Must have been 1997 or > thereabouts, and I was constantly keeping my box uptodate with > the lat

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Raquel Rice
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:11:21 -0600 Justin Guerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (0) root /root_ aptitude update > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree > > Reading extended state information... Done > > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org > > wood

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Justin Guerin
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 10:52, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Clive Menzies: > > On (28/09/04 10:02), s. keeling wrote: > > > Incoming from Clive Menzies: > > > > On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When > > > >

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Joost Witteveen
Clive Menzies wrote: # this doesn't: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security woody/updates main contrib non-free Ah! Well this does here: deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main Reminds me of the time my box was rooted. Must have been 1997 or thereabouts, and I was constantly

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Clive Menzies: > On (28/09/04 10:02), s. keeling wrote: > > Incoming from Clive Menzies: > > > On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When the > > > > big switchover comes, I want the woody machine to continue r

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/09/04 10:02), s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Clive Menzies: > > On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When the > > > big switchover comes, I want the woody machine to continue running > > > woody and not follow stabl

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Clive Menzies: > On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When the > > big switchover comes, I want the woody machine to continue running > > woody and not follow stable to a big change to sarge. Oh -- I will > > In

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Olav Lavell
Op di 28-09-2004, om 11:45 schreef Clive Menzies: > On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > How do I set it up to make sure I stay with woody and do not > > automatically upgrad to the new stable? > In your /etc/apt/sources.list change references from "stable" to > "woody" and then y

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When the > big switchover comes, I want the woody machine to continue running > woody and not follow stable to a big change to sarge. Oh -- I will > eventually change to sarge, but at a time

keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread hendrik
I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When the big switchover comes, I want the woody machine to continue running woody and not follow stable to a big change to sarge. Oh -- I will eventually change to sarge, but at a time of my choosing, and with suitable parallel operation: