[Cialug] Debian updated without choosing

[Tom Sellers]

I have no doubt that in all likelyhood it was something that I did!  Although I am sure there are indeed dark forces in operation, they are most likely not responsible for this.

You are correct that I was the "new guy" at your meeting that was pretty much in the dark.  

I will post the information that was asked for later today if I can.  I am currently on a Windows box and don't have access to the linux laptop.

Thanks for the feedback.

--- On Fri, 1/23/09, kristau <kristau at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: kristau <kristau at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Debian updated without choosing
> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
> Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 11:46 PM
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Tom Sellers
> <tomsellers2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > This question was asked several times when I left
> posts on Linux Questions as well.  Since I am a new Linux
> user I am not really sure what this file is all about.  Can
> you enlighten me on that?  I will have to get back to you on
> the contents as I can't look right now.
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you were the
> gentleman with
> whom I visited prior to the last LUG meeting.  If so,
> I'm pretty sure
> your laptop had the default values in the /etc/apt/sources
> file, so
> I'm not sure why it would self-upgrade to Lenny. 
> Usually under
> Debian-based systems you have to specify a full version
> upgrade like
> that, so it shouldn't do that on it's own.  Several
> possibilities come
> to mind (in order of most likely to least likely):
> 
> 1) You inadvertently checked a box to upgrade the
> distribution.
> 2) The default apt configuration was, again inadvertently,
> changed by you.
> 3) Debian changed their configuration to push out the next
> upgrade by default.
> 4) Dark, Mysterious Forces are conspiring against you. 
> Run.  Now!
> 
> I'm not trying to place the blame on you.  We have all,
> however,
> inadvertently changed a setting only to later discover that
> it
> resulted in unintended results.  If you post the contents
> of your
> /etc/apt/sources file to this list, I'm sure myself or
> someone else
> can see if there is anything in it that would have caused
> the
> automatic upgrade.
> 
> But then again, it could be those Dark, Mysterious Forces. 
> Beware!
> 
> Ken Ristau
> -- 
> Tired programmer
> Coding late into the night
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> 
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