'Rob Browning wrote:' > >Scott Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If you don't upgrade anything that deals with utmp to libc6, you >> don't have any problems). > >The problem is that maybe *you* know what packages those are, but most >users expect to be able to upgrade without major system services >breaking if dpkg/dselect doesn't indicate that there's a problem. >Your approach would cause silent failures.
The current approach causes silent failures. Anyone who purchased an official Debian CD will corrupt their utmp by upgrading to libc6. Has everyone looked at my proposed solution carefully? Does it really help? -- Christopher J. Fearnley | Linux/Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Design Science Revolutionary http://www.netaxs.com/~cjf | Explorer in Universe ftp://ftp.netaxs.com/people/cjf | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
