[TriLUG] Debian operaton.

[crimsun at fungus.sh.nu]

On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 11:22:12AM -0700, Bill Gooding wrote:
> appropriate elements in my sources.list file.  The sources.list file I
> used was:
> 
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
> 
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib

Eeek, this is part of the confusion. If you mix and match Stable/etc.
apt lines, you should look at apt_preferences(5), particularly pinning.

> upgrade => Updates the current release on your computer to the most
> recent version of the current release on your computer

Or "updates installed packages to versions referenced by last ``apt-get
update'' without installing new packages."

> dist-upgrade => Upgrades the current distribution to the next one
> (i.e. 3.0 to 4.0/stable to testing)

Here's where there are a couple paths. If you have a mixed sources.list
like yours but without pinning, this does as you said. If you have a
mixed sources.list but with pinning, or if you have a non-mixed
sources.list, this "updates installed packages to versions referenced
by last ``apt-get update'' including installing new packages to meet
dependencies."

FWIW, you're better off using Woody backports from Sid...

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