[plug] Debian broken

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

On 5/1/07, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 1 May 2007, Tomasz Grzegurzko wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 10:52:52 +0800
> > From: Tomasz Grzegurzko <tomasz89 at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: plug at plug.org.au
> > To: plug at plug.org.au
> > Subject: Re: [plug] Debian broken
> >
> > On 5/1/07, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello, everyone.
> >>
> >> I have been running Debian sarge (more or less).
> >>
> >> With a recent upgrade, I have now found that the USB on the computer no
> >> longer works (printer and camera no longer "found"), and I do not know
> >> what else has gone wrong with the system.
> >>
> >> I recently tried to do a system update, using Synaptic, before the
> >> release of Debian 4, and found that 23 packages were to be replaced,
> >> and, with the imposition of shaping, would have taken probably a couple
> >> of days, so I left it.
> >>
> >> Then, Debian 4 was released.
> >>
> >> Due to things going wrong with the software, I tried to do a system
> >> update with Synaptic, just now, and, in checking the packes to be
> >> deleted, etc (the 23 packages to be updated, apparently, no longer
> >> applies), it appears that Synaptic intends to massacre my system (gnome
> >> to be deleted, but not replaced, etc).
> >>
> >> Is it possible to update sarge, and, if so, how, or, has it been
> written
> >> off by Debian?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bret Busby
> >> Armadale
> >> West Australia
> >> ..............
> >>
> >> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
> >>   you'll know what the answer means."
> >> - Deep Thought,
> >>    Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
> >>    "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
> >>    A Trilogy In Four Parts",
> >>    written by Douglas Adams,
> >>    published by Pan Books, 1992
> >>
> >> ....................................................
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > It sounds like your in between sarge and etch. Check your
> > /etc/apt/sources.list, it should reference "sarge" by name rather then
> > "stable" as etch has been promoted the the "stable" area.
> >
> > Sarge will be maintained for a little while longer, but with the
> > outdated-ness of Sarge, and the mix mash state your system is probably
> in,
> > it may be wiser just to go for the dist-upgrade to etch.
> >
> > Tomasz
> >
>
> The sources file follows.
>
> " cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> deb http://ftp.uwa.edu.au/mirrors/linux/debian/ stable main contrib
> non-free
> deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
> "
>
> >From the response above, from Tomasz, to upgrade to etch, do I just need
> to use the two commands
> apt-get update
> apt-get dist upgrade
> and use the above sources file?
>
> Or, is there something else I neeed to do?
>
>
Okay make your /etc/apt/sources.list look like this:
deb http://mirror.wa <http://mirror./>.3fl.net/debian/ sarge main contrib
non-free
deb http://mirror.wa <http://mirror./>.3fl.net/debian/ sarge/updates main
contrib non-free

(or replace sarge with etch if you want to upgrade to etch)


The 3FL mirror is a bit funny at times, you may need to
# unset LANG
Then run:
# aptitude update
# aptitude dist-upgrade

If you don't have aptitude, use
# apt-get update
# apt-get dist-upgrade

Although aptitude is preferred as it handles dependencies and dist-upgrades
much better.

See how you go.

Tomasz
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