On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> I got through the initial part using the ftp method and had only one file > missed (libc5). I downloaded that and re-ran the script and it went very > smoothly. Dselect didn't report any missing dependencies, which looks > promising. > > I'm now letting dselect grab a bunch of other stuff and will then reboot. > It looks very good so far. The test will come when I reboot. The saga continues after several hours of downloading. I got all the updates selected by dselect, but had a bunch of errors. Repeating the installation process a few times got several other packages installed, but there were still some errors which didn't resolve: dpkg: regarding .../base/sysvinit_2.74-3.deb containing sysvinit: sysvinit conflicts with kbd (<< 0.95-2) kbd (version 0.92-3.1) is installed. dpkg: error processing debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/base/sysvinit_2.74-3.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing sysvinit (Reading database ... 16678 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace kbd 0.92-3.1 (using .../base/kbd_0.95-6.deb) ... Moving local data files for kbd from /usr/lib/kbd/ to /usr/local/share/ ... rmdir: /usr/lib/kbd: Directory not empty dpkg: error processing debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/base/kbd_0.95-6.deb (--install): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Unpacking lesstifg (from .../libs/lesstifg_0.83-2.deb) ... dpkg: error processing debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/libs/lesstifg_0.83-2.deb (--install): trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/libXm.so.0', which is also in package lesstif dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) dpkg: considering removing libdb1-dev in favour of libc6-dev ... libdb1-dev is not properly installed - ignoring any dependencies on it. dpkg: yes, will remove libdb1-dev in favour of libc6-dev. dpkg: regarding .../libc6-dev_2.0.7pre1-4.deb containing libc6-dev: libc6-dev conflicts with libgdbm1-dev libgdbm1-dev (version 1.7.3-19) is broken due to postinst failure. dpkg: error processing debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/libc6-dev_2.0.7pre1-4.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing libc6-dev dpkg: considering removing xlib6 in favour of xlib6g ... dpkg: yes, will remove xlib6 in favour of xlib6g. dpkg: regarding .../x11/xlib6g_3.3.1-2.deb containing xlib6g: xlib6g conflicts with xlib6-dev (<< 3.3-5) xlib6-dev (version 3.3-4) is installed. dpkg: error processing debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/x11/xlib6g_3.3.1-2.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing xlib6g Errors were encountered while processing: debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/base/sysvinit_2.74-3.deb debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/base/kbd_0.95-6.deb debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/libs/lesstifg_0.83-2.deb debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/libc6-dev_2.0.7pre1-4.deb debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/x11/xlib6g_3.3.1-2.deb DPKG ERROR I then ran the [R]emove process in dselect, which removed a few of the conflicting packages, and ended up with only the kbd and sysvinit problems. I deleted /usr/lib/kbd and ran [I]nstall again. kbd installed but wouldn't configure because of dependency problems, while sysvinit still didn't install. Running [I]nstall once more installed sysvinit. I then ran [C]onfig, which configure kbd plus a whole lot more. At this point everything looked clean, except for several packages which are listed as "Obsolete/Local". I assume that this is because they are packages which existed in bo, but not in hamm. The bottom line is that I was able to update successfully, but not quite painlessly. It will still be a while before hamm goes from frozen to stable and I expect that things will be made a bit easier during this period. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
