Re: Debian 8.8 Released but can't get via apt-get?

From	RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net>
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Subject	Re: Debian 8.8 Released but can't get via apt-get?
Date	2017-05-07 01:30 +0200
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On 05/06/2017 05:07 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> You get the updates normally.  If you managed to update to 8.7 just
> fine, likely that means your mirror just doesn't have sync'd yet.  Wait
> a few hours, and try again.

Now it works! I just updated my main laptop. Sven Hartge was right - I 
just needed a little patience. :)

> The /etc/debian_version file usually has the version of Debian installed
> in the system.
> 
> Try this in a command line shell:
> cat /etc/debian_version

Now it says 8.8. All is good!

Thank you (both you and Sven) for your assurances.

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Debian 8.8 Released but can't get via apt-get? RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-05-06 22:10 +0200
  Re: Debian 8.8 Released but can't get via apt-get? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-05-06 22:30 +0200
  Re: Debian 8.8 Released but can't get via apt-get? Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-05-06 23:10 +0200
    Re: Debian 8.8 Released but can't get via apt-get? RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-05-07 01:30 +0200

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