== Prepare your stoney cloud installation for the update ==
=== Preparations for versions <= 1.2.10.3 ===
If you have a '''productive''' (releases) stoney clooud Installation, execute the following command:
<source lang="bash">
echo 'PORTAGE_BINHOST="http://packages.stoney-cloud.org/stoney-cloud/pre-releases/1.2/packages"' >> /etc/portage/make.conf
</source>
'''IMPORTANT:''' Even a pre-release ISO may result in a stable installation, depending on when it was generated in the release cycle. Please verify by executing <code>git branch</code> in <code>/usr/portage</code> and <code>/var/lib/layman/foss-cloud</code> whether this is the case, and [[stoney_cloud:_Switch_to_testing_branch|switch to the testing branch]] if needed (that is: if the branch displayed does not contain the words <code>pre</code> or <code>testing</code>. If the branch is empty, that means you have a brand new installation without anything yet. In that case, directly check the configuration files <code>/usr/portage/.git/config</code> and/or <code>/var/lib/layman/foss-cloud/.git/config</code> to see which branch it would check out upon <code>emerge --sync</code> and from where.).
=== Update ===
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* virtual/foss-cloud-1.2.10.4
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