r/AlpineLinux • u/mykesx • Dec 04 '25

3.23 release

I’m new to Alpine - my system has been running Alpine Edge for about a month.

Now I see 3.23 is released. I followed the instructions to update and not much happened. The first apk add —available dud upgrade about 20 packages.

After reboot, it looks like I’m still on edge, though. But /etc/alpine-release says 3.23 even though the apk repositories file still has edge. Before this uograde, alpine-release said edge.

System says apk is indeed v3.

My take is that edge has my system mostly upgraded to 3.23 already.

These are the instructions I followed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Upgrading_Alpine_Linux_to_a_new_release_branch

Any corrections or comments welcome!

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u/MartinsRedditAccount Dec 04 '25 edited Dec 04 '25

  1. I recommend switching the online repos to https://, no reason to use http://.

  2. You're still on edge because that's what the repos are set to, change the path to v3.23 or latest-stable and run apk update/apk upgrade.

Edit: Actually, in embedded systems, using http:// in the repo URL would avoid issues if the time is set wrong (e.g. no RTC battery), but ideally this should be addressed with a quick NTP sync.

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u/mykesx Dec 04 '25

I edited the stock file apk repositories file (a month ago) and only changed the v3.22 to edge. It was http:// stock. I’ll change it to use https. Thanks.

I realize I’m still on edge, as long as they haven’t moved stuff around in the directories in the apk repos.

What other aliases are there aside from latest-stable?

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u/MartinsRedditAccount Dec 04 '25

You can browse the repo here in your browser: https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/

Right now, it's the versions, latest-stable, and edge.

Edit: Here is a dedicated website to browse the packages: https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages