On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 10:38:03PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > > But I would not recommend people new to GNU/Linux to run Sid. I still > only have less than a year's experience. It's only been a couple of > months since I formatted my ntfs partition. > > Tomorrow my Etch is going to turn into Sid. I let you know how it does. > Worst case scenario I can reinstall Etch. >
Do this in four stages: Change /etc/apt/sources.list to reference lenny aptitude update ; aptitude dist-upgrade ; aptitude install -sf ; aptitude keep all Change /etc/apt/sources.list to reference sid aptitude update ; aptitude dist-upgrade ; aptitude install -sf ; aptitude keep all Skipping direct from Etch -> Sid is not necessarily supported. If you break up the long lines for aptitude into their component parts, you may have more luck resolving problems / missing packages as you go. [apt-get / dselect would also work with more or less the same degree of success.] > I accept your challenge. > Be prepared to accept significant amounts of package churn from time to time. If you need to revert from Sid -> Lenny, one of the easiest ways is just to not update for a significant period, say a month - allowing packages from Sid to percolate gradually to Etch over a period of time - then change the /etc/apt/sources.list and dist-upgrade with Etch. With luck, very little will need to be changed/downgraded. Testing -> stable downgrades are not necessarily very easy and are not readily supported or supportable: success depends very much on which packages and how many packages you have installed. > Joe Andy > - -- > Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ Registered Linux user #20441 at http://counter.li.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]