On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 11:20:50PM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 16:39:23 -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > I just tried to upgrade mysql-server which replaces 4.1 with 5.0. The > > upgrade aborts because there are supposedly MyISAM files and so I should > > reinstall 4.1 to fix them then try the upgrade again. > > > > The problem is that mysql-server-4.1 *depends* *on* mysql-server-5.0 > > (which doesn't make any sense) so apt-get won't let me reinstall 4.1. > > It does make sense for the newest version of mysql-server-4.1 to depend > on mysql-server-5.0, because the 4.1 package has become an empty meta > package whose only purpose it is to depend on the 5.0 package to trigger > the upgrade. Debian always uses this method if a newer version of some > software has a different package name (e.g. thunderbird -> icedove).
OK. But apt-get should NOT remove the current package until it determines that it is able to install the new package. > If you still need a "real" 4.1 package to fix some things before the > upgrade, then you will have to find an older version, either in your > /var/cache/apt/archives/ directory or from snapshot.debian.net. Once you > have found the right .deb file you can install it with "dpkg --install". So I added to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool mysql-dfsg-4.1 and updated. Now what? 'apt-get install mysql-dfsg-4.1' says it can't find the package. -- "Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience, then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward." -- Henry David Thoreau Rick Pasotto [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
