On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 03:02:20AM -0700, Torben Brosten wrote: > Chris Tillman wrote: > > >On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 10:45:58PM -0700, Torben Brosten wrote: > > > > > >>>Since you are a newbie, you must not upgrade to unstable. You are on > >>>your own for these kinds of errors in unstable. Please change your > >>>sources to testing instead, if you want the most recent software, and > >>>I bet you won't have any problems > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Interesting. I bought the 8CD set from cheapbytes and assumed it was > >>for stable debian ppc 3r1. etc/apt/sources.list is showing the cdroms as > >>"unstable". > >> > >>How do I switch to testing? Just comment out the cdroms and change the > >>'stable' to 'testing' for the other lines in sources.list? > >> > >> > > > >yes, if you have a fast net connection, you can set up sources for a > >net mirror (most have a testing archive). /sbin/base-config may be > >helpful. > > > >I wonder, though, if they are really unstable CDs. I wouldn't think > >many people would want them. You could check the /.disk/info file on > >the CD, I think that is supposed to say which distribution is > >represented. > > > >woody=stable > >sarge=testing > >sid=unstable > > > I was having other problems with this install, so have since > re-installed. Now the sources.list shows "stable". I really did see the > "woody" unstable.. 8> Now the only evidence is the "unstable" from within: > more /cdrom/.disk/info > deb cdrom: [Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r1 _Woody_ - Official powerpc Binary-1 > (20030109)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
Yes, the installer creates a stable sources.list, apt-cdrom may replace it with the CD's list. Well, if I were you, I'd send 'em back and exchange for stable or testing, and give 'em an earful. I would say almost nobody would be interested in a binary unstable CD. People running unstable usually update their systems on a daily or weekly basis, directly from the servers. It's a moving target, and really shouldn't be considered a 'distribution' at all. Since you've re-installed, you can just apt-get dist-upgrade with a testing source in the sources.list. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)
