Morning Sluggers,
I have a couple of Debian APT questions that I'm a bit confused about
after reading the APT-HOWTO.
I'm trying to run Testing/Unstable. I thought I was but after Woody's
release I think things got a bit askew.
I currently have in my /etc/apt dir:
# ls /etc/apt/
apt-file.conf preferences.00 sources.list.01 sources.list.04
apt.conf.d sources.list sources.list.02 sources.list~
preferences sources.list.00 sources.list.03
My preferences file is:
/etc/apt# cat preferences
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 800
Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 500
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 400
The contents of apt.conf.d are:
/etc/apt# ls apt.conf.d/
70debconf
According to the HOWTO it says:
To do that, put the following line on /etc/apt/apt.conf:
APT::Default-Release "testing";
Do I just create that file and add the line?
Do I remove the preferences file?
I tried an "apt-get -u dist-upgrade" and it listed a ton of files to
upgrade.
I just tried "apt-show-versions -u" and it showed me that some files are
in fact still back in stable (e.g. libc6, bummer).
It seems that I do in fact need to do a "apt-get -u dist-upgrade".
Do I need to make the changes mentioned in the HOWTO?
If anyone can help shed some light on this I'd really appreciate it.
TIA.
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