keeping Debian up to date and checking the version number

From: Adam Barton (adambarton_at_mac.com)
Date: 12/31/03

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    Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 23:19:24 +0000
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    Guys,

    I am new to Debian but not so to Linux. I have studied the documentation,
    and there seems to be multiple ways to install debian packages. This I
    understand and am happily adding new packages as and when I need them
    (using apt-get install <package name> and dselect).

    However, how should I be keeping Debian up to date to the latest stable
    release and also with the latest security patches? I am kind of looking
    for a 'redhat network' or 'windows update' equivalent.

    Is simply 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' as root sufficient?

    Are the packages verified that they are indeed a genuine debian update?

    If so, how to I check the current 'version' that I am running and also
    that it is the 'current' version.

    Kind regards,

    Adam Barton.

    Output of 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade'

    blueboy:~# apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
    Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Packages
    Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Release
    Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Packages
    Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release
    Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
    Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release
    Hit http://www.mirror.ac.uk stable/main Packages
    Hit http://www.mirror.ac.uk stable/main Release
    Hit http://www.mirror.ac.uk stable/non-free Packages
    Hit http://www.mirror.ac.uk stable/non-free Release
    Reading Package Lists... Done
    Building Dependency Tree... Done
    Reading Package Lists... Done
    Building Dependency Tree... Done
    Calculating Upgrade... Done
    0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    blueboy:~#

    My sources.list file

    blueboy:~# cat !$
    cat /etc/apt/sources.list

    deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main

    deb http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main
    non-free

    deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main non-free

    blueboy:~# 

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