I did a new licb5 install and ran your script. Here are some suggested
changes. There may be more, but I wanted to get this out the door
to save everyone from covering the same ground.
I put a " || exit" after the bash upgrade and suggest that more use
be made of this to bring the script to a halt after an error.
Is it OK to do the reboot asked for by the libc5 upgrade at the completion
of the script?
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#! /bin/sh
# some corrections by Lindsay Allen
# upgrade a libc5 (bo) machine to libc6 (hamm).
# based on Scott Ellis' excellent "Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO"
# document.
# first, build up a list of installed -dev packages so that we can
# remove them.
#
# this is necessary even on machines which aren't doing libc6
# development because libc5 can't be upgraded to latest without removal
# of libc5-dev which also necessitates removal of other -dev packages
# like libdb1-dev and libdl1-dev if they are installed.
DEVPACKAGES=`dpkg --get-selections |
grep -- -dev |
grep -v deinstall |
cut -f1`
dpkg --purge $DEVPACKAGES
# now install the new versions of things. Just the bare minimum to let
# the user safely run dselect for the rest of the upgrade.
# change this to prompt the user for the location of the debian archive.
cd /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-$(dpkg --print-installation-architecture)
# libc
#
dpkg -r wg15-locale && dpkg -iB */ldso_*.deb */libc5_*.deb */libc6_*.deb
# bash
#
dpkg -iB */ncurses3.0_*.deb */ncurses3.4_*.deb
dpkg -iB */libreadline2_*.deb */libreadlineg2_*.deb
# paranoia says run ldconfig NOW. don't laugh, i've needed to do this on
# some libc5-libc6 upgrades. i know that the postinst scripts for the
# libs are supposed to do it but ....
ldconfig
dpkg -iB */bash_*.deb || exit
# new dpkg
#
dpkg -iB */libg++272_*.deb
dpkg -iB */dpkg_*.deb */dpkg-dev_*.deb */dpkg-ftp_*.deb
# perl
#
dpkg -iB */libgdbm1_*.deb */libgdbmg1_*.deb
# paranoia says "run ldconfig now".
ldconfig
# perl-base must be configured before installing perl
dpkg -iB */perl-base_*.deb && dpkg -iB */perl_*.deb
# the user can now run dselect and select any -dev packages they want
# (and other packages too, of course :-)
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HTH
Lindsay
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On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Craig Sanders wrote:
>
> i think we're going to need some sort of auto-upgrade script to include on
> the hamm release CD rom, because dselect just can't do the libc6 upgrade
> safely (AFAIK). The CD will also Need a top-level README.NOW file saying
> run this script first or suffer the consequences...would be nice if we
> could have a note printed on the "Oficial" :-) CD-ROMS produces by various
> manufacturers too.
>
> Anyway, I wrote a primitive one based on Scott Ellis' HOWTO.
>
> Here it is. This script is untested. I've never actually run it. It
> is, however, an accurate duplicate of what I've done by hand over a
> dozen times by now. It will probably need some tweaking, in particular,
> the command line options for dpkg may need some --force- options.
>
> Also, all the "*/foo_*.deb" filenames should probably be replaced with
> the correct section directories.
>
> Anyone got a bo machine they want to test this on? I haven't got any left,
> they're all upgraded now :-)
>
> --- cut here ---
> #! /bin/sh
>
> # upgrade a libc5 (bo) machine to libc6 (hamm).
>
> # based on Scott Ellis' excellent "Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO"
> # document.
>
> # first, build up a list of installed -dev packages so that we can
> # remove them.
> #
> # this is necessary even on machines which aren't doing libc6
> # development because libc5 can't be upgraded to latest without removal
> # of libc5-dev which also necessitates removal of other -dev packages
> # like libdb1-dev and libdl1-dev if they are installed.
>
> DEVPACKAGES=`dpkg --get-selections |
> grep -- -dev |
> grep -v deinstall |
> cut -f1`
>
> dpkg --purge $DEVPACKAGES
>
> # now install the new versions of things. Just the bare minimum to let
> # the user safely run dselect for the rest of the upgrade.
>
> # change this to prompt the user for the location of the debian archive.
>
> cd /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386
>
> # libc
> #
> dpkg -iB */ldso_*.deb */libc5_*.deb */libc6_*.deb
>
> # bash
> #
> dpkg -iB */ncurses3.0_*.deb */ncurses3.4_*.deb
> dpkg -iB */libreadline2_*.deb */libreadlineg2_*.deb
> # paranoia says run ldconfig NOW. don't laugh, i've needed to do this on
> # some libc5-libc6 upgrades. i know that the postinst scripts for the
> # libs are supposed to do it but ....
> ldconfig
> dpkg -iB */bash_*.deb
>
> # new dpkg
> #
> dpkg -iB */libg++272_*.deb
> dpkg -iB */dpkg_*.deb */dpkg-dev_*.deb */dpkg-ftp_*.deb
>
> # perl
> #
> dpkg -iB */libgdbm_*.deb */libgdbm1g_*.deb
> # paranoia says "run ldconfig now".
> ldconfig
> dpkg -iB */perl-base_*.deb */perl_*.deb
>
> # the user can now run dselect and select any -dev packages they want
> # (and other packages too, of course :-)
>
> --- cut here---
>
>
> --
> craig sanders
>
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