Re: keeping woody

2004-10-07 Thread Michael Graham
Olav wrote: The same solution is true for everyone who wants to keep with sarge when it becomes the stable release. Yes, but only if you don't use apt-pinning (I think most sarge users do) because the codenames can't be used in /etc/apt/preferences, see

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-30 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 05:04:16PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: #secure method=pgp mode=sign -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Olav Lavell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Op di 28-09-2004, om 11:45 schreef Clive Menzies: On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-29 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/09/04 21:18), Max Moritz Sievers wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2004 21:01, Clive Menzies wrote: I don't think there is any non-free stuff on them. Time to google to verify that. Take a look at the Virtual Richard M. Stallman: http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/vrms Very

keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread hendrik
I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When the big switchover comes, I want the woody machine to continue running woody and not follow stable to a big change to sarge. Oh -- I will eventually change to sarge, but at a time of my choosing, and with suitable parallel

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When the big switchover comes, I want the woody machine to continue running woody and not follow stable to a big change to sarge. Oh -- I will eventually change to sarge, but at a time of

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Olav Lavell
Op di 28-09-2004, om 11:45 schreef Clive Menzies: On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I set it up to make sure I stay with woody and do not automatically upgrad to the new stable? In your /etc/apt/sources.list change references from stable to woody and then you will

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Clive Menzies: On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When the big switchover comes, I want the woody machine to continue running woody and not follow stable to a big change to sarge. Oh -- I will In your

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/09/04 10:02), s. keeling wrote: Incoming from Clive Menzies: On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When the big switchover comes, I want the woody machine to continue running woody and not follow stable to a big

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Clive Menzies: On (28/09/04 10:02), s. keeling wrote: Incoming from Clive Menzies: On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When the big switchover comes, I want the woody machine to continue running

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Joost Witteveen
Clive Menzies wrote: # this doesn't: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security woody/updates main contrib non-free Ah! Well this does here: deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main Reminds me of the time my box was rooted. Must have been 1997 or thereabouts, and I was constantly

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Justin Guerin
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 10:52, s. keeling wrote: Incoming from Clive Menzies: On (28/09/04 10:02), s. keeling wrote: Incoming from Clive Menzies: On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When the big

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Raquel Rice
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:11:21 -0600 Justin Guerin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (0) root /root_ aptitude update Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/09/04 18:50), Joost Witteveen wrote: Clive Menzies wrote: Ah! Well this does here: deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main Reminds me of the time my box was rooted. Must have been 1997 or thereabouts, and I was constantly keeping my box uptodate with the latest

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Max Moritz Sievers
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 21:01, Clive Menzies wrote: I don't think there is any non-free stuff on them. Time to google to verify that. Take a look at the Virtual Richard M. Stallman: http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/vrms -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Max Moritz Sievers

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 10:52:47AM -0600, s. keeling wrote: Incoming from Clive Menzies: On (28/09/04 10:02), s. keeling wrote: Incoming from Clive Menzies: On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When the big

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Joost Witteveen
Max Moritz Sievers wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2004 21:01, Clive Menzies wrote: I don't think there is any non-free stuff on them. Time to google to verify that. Take a look at the Virtual Richard M. Stallman: http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/vrms Brilliant! However, # dpkg --purge

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Paul Johnson
#secure method=pgp mode=sign -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How do I set it up to make sure I stay with woody and do not automatically upgrad to the new stable? In /etc/apt/sources.list, change everything that says stable to woody. -BEGIN PGP

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Paul Johnson
#secure method=pgp mode=sign -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Olav Lavell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Op di 28-09-2004, om 11:45 schreef Clive Menzies: On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I set it up to make sure I stay with woody and do not automatically

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Joost Witteveen: Clive Menzies wrote: # this doesn't: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security woody/updates main contrib non-free Ah! Well this does here: deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main [snip] Anyway http://www.debian.org/security

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Justin Guerin: Are you sure this isn't just an aptitude problem? Aptitude doesn't seem to like it when you change sources.list. Have you tried apt-get update first? That is nuts. Not only that, it worked! Thank you very much. I find that when I add a new source, I have