Hi all, I am interested in upgrading from stable to testing but have a few qualms... well will it go OK as I spend quite some time getting Debian stable onto this machine. I am running Debian stabel on a Ti G4 PowerBook 667MHz with the radeon graphics chip. I am running the benh kernel and the dri trunk of XFree.
ii xlibmesa-dev-dri-trunk 2002.11.06-2 DRI CVS trunk version of Mesa 3D graphics library development files rc xlibmesa3 4.1.0-16 XFree86 version of Mesa 3D graphics library ii xlibmesa3-dri-trunk 2002.10.02-2 DRI CVS trunk version of Mesa 3D graphics library ii kernel-image-2.4.20-rc1-ben0 custom1.0 Linux kernel binary image for version 2.4.20-rc1-ben0. ii kernel-package 7.107 Debian Linux kernel package build scripts. ii kernel-patch-benh 20020304 improved Power Macintosh support for the Linux kernel Having read the various howtos and posts that are around for such an upgrade it seems all I need to do is: Current sources.list deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb http://mirror.cse.unsw.edu.au/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://mirror.cse.unsw.edu.au/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk/ ./ In the above comment out the security deb line and replace all instances of stable with testing. Then run apt-get update One debian tip I read at the linuxmafia.com site was "In order to upgrade crucial packages first, do: apt-get install perl libc6 dpkg apt apt-utils debconf Whenever you're switching to a new development track, or are for any reason expecting a major jump in package versions, the foregoing command is a worthwhile precaution." Then run apt-get -u dist-upgrade (I notice that some ppl use apt-get -u dist-upgrade) and if there are problems apt-get -f install to fix any problems (hope I dont get any) One thing that I am not sure about is do I need to anything about the messages below that I have been getting recently: # apt-get upgrade The following packages have been kept back xlibmesa-dev-dri-trunk xlibmesa3-dri-trunk 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Is there anything that I should do other than the above? Any probs that I am likely to encounter? Thanks Mike UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER ======================================================================== This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ========================================================================
