More questions about APT and distribuitions... [Was: Re: Xwindows in Sparc Station 5?]
On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Aaron Solochek wrote: Potato is newer. You want to get potato. edit your /etc/apt/sources.list so that it contains only the lines deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free Comment out any other deb lines. then as, root, apt-get update apt-get install apt debconf apt-get dist-upgrade Misters, why the newlly (i suppose) stable 'potato' dist did not get pointed by the 'stable' symbolic link? Any good razon for it? Thank you all for the precious help. []'z =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Luis Campos de Carvalho System Administrator at ECB -- Escola Paulista de Medicina You can surrender without a pray. But never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning. But never ever win without a fight. -- Neil Peart, Resist, Test for Echo, 1998. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: More questions about APT and distribuitions... [Was: Re: Xwindows in Sparc Station 5?]
On Fri, Feb 11, 2000 at 02:12:33PM -0200, Luis Campos de Carvalho wrote: On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Aaron Solochek wrote: Potato is newer. You want to get potato. edit your /etc/apt/sources.list so that it contains only the lines deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free Comment out any other deb lines. then as, root, apt-get update apt-get install apt debconf apt-get dist-upgrade Misters, why the newlly (i suppose) stable 'potato' dist did not get pointed by the 'stable' symbolic link? Any good razon for it? Because potato is not stable yet. It is still frozen, which means it is preparing for release (stable). -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Re: More questions about APT and distribuitions... [Was: Re: Xwindows in Sparc Station 5?]
On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Ben Collins wrote: On Fri, Feb 11, 2000 at 02:12:33PM -0200, Luis Campos de Carvalho wrote: On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Aaron Solochek wrote: Potato is newer. You want to get potato. edit your /etc/apt/sources.list so that it contains only the lines deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free Comment out any other deb lines. then as, root, apt-get update apt-get install apt debconf apt-get dist-upgrade Misters, why the newlly (i suppose) stable 'potato' dist did not get pointed by the 'stable' symbolic link? Any good razon for it? Because potato is not stable yet. It is still frozen, which means it is preparing for release (stable). I'm learning. Thank you for the patience. []'z =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Luis Campos de Carvalho System Administrator at ECB -- Escola Paulista de Medicina Melhor ter um fim miseravel do que uma miseria infindavel. -- T. Schwald, 1992 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
