Re: apt upgrade to testing breaks?

2008-07-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,11.Jul.08, 18:26:32, Peet Grobler wrote: [...] sparky:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list # TENET mirror deb http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/ etch main contrib non-free deb http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/ testing main contrib non-free # Official debian repository deb

Re: apt upgrade to testing breaks?

2008-07-13 Thread Peet Grobler
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Fri,11.Jul.08, 18:26:32, Peet Grobler wrote: [...] sparky:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list # TENET mirror deb http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/ etch main contrib non-free deb http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/ testing main contrib non-free # Official debian repository

Re: apt upgrade to testing breaks?

2008-07-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun,13.Jul.08, 13:36:19, Peet Grobler wrote: As already said, it's safer to remove third-party repos. I need wine :) I've done the upgrade though, without it - I'll add the testing repo later and try and get it back. sparky:~# apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done

Re: apt upgrade to testing breaks?

2008-07-13 Thread Peet Grobler
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun,13.Jul.08, 13:36:19, Peet Grobler wrote: You already did the upgrade, but for further reference, it is best to remove any packages not found in the official Debian repos. After the upgrade you can put them back, though some of them need to be rebuilt. That is

apt upgrade to testing breaks?

2008-07-11 Thread Peet Grobler
I'd like to upgrade my etch notebook to testing, simply to have newer packages available. This machine is not visible on the internet, and I'm the only user, so security is not such a huge issue. Attempting to do this though - apt says it'll uninstall certain packages (which I use!) I'm not sure

Re: apt upgrade to testing breaks?

2008-07-11 Thread Mumia W..
On 07/11/2008 11:26 AM, Peet Grobler wrote: I'd like to upgrade my etch notebook to testing, simply to have newer packages available. This machine is not visible on the internet, and I'm the only user, so security is not such a huge issue. Attempting to do this though - apt says it'll uninstall