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Birdman

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From: Surrey, UK

Registered: 2006-01-11

Posts: 121

Just curious - move to Voodoo?

I try to keep my box up to date and do an upgrade approx once a month. I use current and haven't ventured in to testing or unstable territory. At start up I an informed that I am running 0.7.2 Gimmick.

I look after an Arch box for a friend that hasn't got broadband and I connect it to my network occasionally for a complete update. In this case the box had 0.7.1 Noodle installed. However, having completed the upgrade yesterday the box is booting into 0.8 Voodoo. The /etc/pacman.conf is set to current and extra, the same as mine. Why is my box showing Gimmick and the other box showing Voodoo (when I thought it hadn't been released to current)?

Just curious 

klapmuetz

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From: Germany

Registered: 2005-03-19

Posts: 75

Re: Just curious - move to Voodoo?

He is probably using a different mirror than you.

If you pacman -Syu nowadays you should get the 0.8 /etc/issue (Voodoo)

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chrismortimore

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From: Edinburgh, UK

Registered: 2006-07-15

Posts: 655

Re: Just curious - move to Voodoo?

It's because the filesystem package has been updated to 0.8.  As far as I am aware, the only thing holding back 0.8 from being a real release is the installer, which is being tested as we speak.

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hightower

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Registered: 2006-04-02

Posts: 182

Re: Just curious - move to Voodoo?

If you have modified /etc/rc.sysinit pacman doesn't update this file which is responisble for the welcome message.

hightower

Birdman

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From: Surrey, UK

Registered: 2006-01-11

Posts: 121

Re: Just curious - move to Voodoo?

Thanks. Now I know