"David G. Schlecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've tried recompiling a new GCC but can't because the current one > is too far out of date.
That surprises me a little; I thought a goal of gcc was to be compilable with random crufty vendor K&R C compiler. But this isn't actually something I'm knowledgable about. :-) > I've tried loading the GCC binaries as an rpm but > that failed miserably with missing /bin/sh errors and more. (Using alien, or rpm directly?) > Of course all the new versions of the tools (like apt-get) need the > new libs and I can't compile them. > > apt-get doesn't work because it's too old and doesn't recognize the > "Cache-Limit" config and the new packages are too big to fit. Can you try something like this: # make sure sources.list points at Debian 'stable' or 'woody' apt-get clean apt-get update apt-get install apt # now have new APT, add Cache-Limit apt-get install aptitude aptitude # and upgrade as normal Alternatively, you can download the .deb files directly and install them with 'dpkg --install', but you do wind up chasing down dependencies by hand that way. > Sounds to me like it's time to scrap the old beast and reinstall > debian. Or -- is there an easier path that I haven't tried? If you're stuck with a bad partitioning scheme and really can't get anything else to work, you might need to reinstall, yeah. :-( -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
