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Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:46:33 -0700 From: Cam Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] debian confusion To: lugod's technical discussion forum <[email protected]> Gandalf Parker wrote: >On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Dylan Beaudette wrote: >> >>my apt sources point to 'testing' and my debian_version file >>says 'lenny/sid' ??? >> >>any tips on fixing this old beast? > >Debian recently went thru an upshift of versions. My "testing" became >"Etch". So wouldnt "testing" become a new version of "testing"? >Maybe it has to be started over? >Just guessing. "sid" is Toy Story (and Debian) code for unstable. A couple of suggestions that might work (do one or the other): (1) You can set up a preferences file: /etc/apt/preferences to allow both testing and unstable. Its contents might look like this: Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 500 # Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 100 # Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 50 After writing this, do apt-get update, then apt-get upgrade. This will give apt the opportunity to select from any of the three distributions, but the preference goes to testing. (2) You can force Debian to install a particular package by specifying the distribution, thus: apt-get install debianutils/testing The other thing you can do if things are a bit bunged up is: apt-get -f install Sometimes, particularly when doing a major upgrade, dependencies and configurations get in each others' ways, and it is necessary to make a second pass (even a third) to get it all to settle down. HTH Cam -- Cam Ellison, Ph.D. R.Psych. #1417 Cam Ellison & Associates Ltd. 3446 Beach Avenue Roberts Creek BC V0N 2W2 Phone: 604-885-4806 Fax: 604-885-4809 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- -bill! [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
