Re: keeping Debian up to date and checking the version number
From: Colin Watson (cjwatson_at_debian.org)
Date: 12/31/03
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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 04:02:47 +0000 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:19:24PM +0000, Adam Barton wrote:
> 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?
Yes, that's sufficient.
> Are the packages verified that they are indeed a genuine debian update?
Not currently; but google for apt-check-sigs and you'll find a way to
verify them yourself. There's active work happening on integrating this
kind of thing.
> If so, how to I check the current 'version' that I am running and also
> that it is the 'current' version.
/etc/debian_version indicates the version of the distribution you're
running, although it really just indicates the version of the
distribution for which the 'base-files' package you have was built.
If you've dist-upgraded, then you're running whatever's in
/etc/apt/sources.list.
> My sources.list file
[snip]
Looks fine for stable, currently Debian 3.0.
Cheers,
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