Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing?

From	Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing?
Date	2021-09-03 16:20 +0200
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On Fri, Sep 03, 2021 at 04:11:49PM +0200, Richard Forst wrote:
> I just installed Debian using netinstall image. I thought I install testing version, but apparently it's Debian 11. So now my source.list looks like below:
> 
>     deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main non-free contrib
>     deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main non-free contrib
> 
>     deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
>     deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
> 
>     deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
>     deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
> 
> I want to switch to testing version. In the past I just change the keyword from e.g. bullseye to testing, and generally there is no weird problem. But I read on the internet saying that the source.list should not mix up with different version. For instance, Debian 11 with testing. So I am wondering if there is a better way to switch to testing? Or reinstalling is the only way to go?
> 
If you change all instances of bullseye -> testing, then you are not
mixing.  Go ahead with that, modulo the standard caveats associated with
running testing.  The problem would come if you tried to include both
bullseye *and* testing sources in your sources.list.  Then you might
create very difficult to resolve problems.

You might consider using bookwork rather than testing, however.  That is
the name of the testing release and unless you specifically want to
continue tracking testing even after bookwork is released, it is
probably better for most use cases to use the specific release code name
rather than stable or testing.

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sánchez

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Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2021-09-03 16:20 +0200
  Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-03 16:50 +0200
    Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2021-09-03 17:20 +0200
    Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2021-09-03 17:50 +0200
    Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-03 19:10 +0200
      Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-03 21:00 +0200
    Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-09-03 19:30 +0200
      Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-03 19:50 +0200
        Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-03 21:10 +0200
        Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-09-03 21:20 +0200
          Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-03 22:00 +0200
            Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? riveravaldez <riveravaldezmail@gmail.com> - 2021-09-04 03:40 +0200
              Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? Richard Forst <sterbl.ta@tutanota.com> - 2021-09-04 05:00 +0200
  Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-03 17:30 +0200
    Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2021-09-03 17:40 +0200
  Re: How to update Debian 11 source.list to testing? Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-04 07:00 +0200
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