Gutsy to Hardy

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 20:50 -0500, Joseph wrote:
> Shannon McMackin wrote:
> > Joseph wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> If I'm not mistaken, Hardy is a step above Gutsy.
> >>
> >> I have the Gutsy (7.10).  I'm wondering why the updater doesn't just 
> >> update to the Hardy....
> >>
> >> Do I have to download the Hardy separately, and if so, will it change 
> >> any of my settings and programing??
> >>
> >> Joseph
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Hardy is not fully released yet.  The reason the GUI software updater 
> > does not automatically bump you to a new release is because many users 
> > will remain on a specific release, long-term.
> > 
> > Changing all your /etc/apt/sorces.list entries from Gutsy to Hardy and 
> > then performing sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, that should get you to Hardy.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I have no files in my /etc/apt/sources.list.d folder.  What is supposed to be in there?  And how 
> would one change from Gutsy to Hardy???
> 
> Joseph
> 
/etc/apt/sources.list.d is sometimes used by Ubuntu to keep additions to
your sources.list. It is normal for it to be empty.

To upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy, please follow Steve Cook's advice, 

>> See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades

good luck,

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