Bruce Perens wrote: > > From: Ed Down <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I went to the rex directory - not the one in the Debian-1.2 directory, > > so I assume I'm in the 1.1 tree - and downloaded a new Packages file and > > the packages I require. > > "rex" and "Debian-1.2" are two different names for the same directory. > We always use code-names during development, and "rex" was the code-name > for 1.2 . > > Debian 1.1 is, I think, still available on debian.crosslink.net, but not > for long. It's code-name is "buzz". You may want to reload the Packages > file from there. > > > I ran dselect and it seems to not let me just install the new > > packages - it wants me to upgrade loads of other packages which the new > > ones are not dependent on. > > It will want to upgrade all of your currently-installed packages to the new > versions. > > > I've tried to ask deselect to just leave the > > old packages alone, but then it insists on wanting to delete all the > > packages dependent upon these. For instance, I try to leave libc5 as the > > old version, so it insists on wanting to delete cron! > > Pressing "-" doesn't mean leave it alone, it means delete the package. > You can select "=" (hold in present state) for all of the packages you > want to keep the same, but it would be better to load a Packages file > for 1.1 than to do this for 800 packages.
> You don't need the installation floppies to upgrade. Just put a Debian 1.2 > CD in your system and let dselect perform the upgrade. You can also have > dselect do it via FTP. You will need the latest version of the "dpkg" and > "dpkg-ftp" packages installed first - install these by hand using "dpkg", > and then "dselect" can handle the rest of the upgrade. I had a problem with perl not being replaced by perl-base during my upgrade. Would this be due to me not upgrading dpkg-ftp and dselect first? -- Bernard Leach Australian Business Access Pty Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.aba.net.au/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
