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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

#180784 — Debian 8.8 Released but can't get via apt-get?

I have 8.7 on my system and read that 8.8 is now available. I did an 
update yesterday (I prefer to do this at the command line). I'm still at 
8.7, so after the announcement I did another update. I got no updates. 
(sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get dist-upgrade showed no 
updates available).

Does it take awhile for the updates to get to the mirrors? Or do I 
already have them? I thought if I had them then /etc/debian_version 
would show 8.8 but it doesn't. It still says 8.7.

Can someone enlighten me as to how to get the 8.8 updates or how to tell 
if I already have them?

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#180786

RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> wrote:

> I have 8.7 on my system and read that 8.8 is now available. I did an
> update yesterday (I prefer to do this at the command line). I'm still
> at 8.7, so after the announcement I did another update. I got no
> updates.  (sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> showed no updates available).

> Does it take awhile for the updates to get to the mirrors?

Yes.

> Or do I already have them? I thought if I had them then
> /etc/debian_version would show 8.8 but it doesn't. It still says 8.7.

You will have all security updates, if you stood on top of them.
There will be some non-security related updates, including a new version
of base-files containing /etc/debian_version, once the mirrors have all
been updated.

Be patient, young padawan! Eagerness the path to the dark side it is.

Grüße,
Sven.

-- 
Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.

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#180789

On Sat, 06 May 2017, RavenLX wrote:
> Does it take awhile for the updates to get to the mirrors? Or do I already

Yes, even assuming everything is working correctly, it takes several
hours for the entire push mirror hierarchy to sync.

Also, some mirrors are not even push-based, they will update from their
upstream mirror every so often (hopefully more than once a day).

> Can someone enlighten me as to how to get the 8.8 updates or how to tell if
> I already have them?

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.


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


-- 
  Henrique Holschuh

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#180797

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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