Am Sun, 02 Jan 2005 19:10:08 +0100 schrieb Jason Stechschulte: > On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 10:55:20PM +0100, Johannes Rohr wrote: >> Am Fri, 31 Dec 2004 05:00:11 +0100 schrieb Jason Stechschulte: >> > is it normally necessary to do a re-install to >> > upgrade the version of Hurd? >> >> Of course not! This is Debian! >> >> Neither do you have to download any CD >> images. Just fix your /etc/apt/sources.list:
This is the other line you need. You should probably place it right at the top of your sources.list: deb http://ftp.gnuab.org/debian unreleased main > You know someone really should slap me upside the head for asking that. > I've been a Debian GNU/Linux user for years and years, so I should have > known it would be that easy. > > I did read in the documentation that in the past, it has been > recommended to do a fresh install at some points, but that it is > normally not required. So I'll just keep the system up to date in the > normal fashion and be notified on the lists if a complete re-install is > recommended. Well, yes, I've got the impression that the CD sets are less likely to have broken depends, given that they have been compiled with the idea of bringing things into a releasable state. Therefore doing a complete reinstall from a CD set may sometimes be easier than dist-upgrading. I don't know how well dist-upgrading from one CD set to another works. Has anyone ever tested? Thanks, Johannes
