Re: Removing compiled-by-hand packages [WAS:] Potato - update-alternatives and window managers

2000-03-27 Thread Taupter
> ... But, since there are pretty current versions of > gnome in potato you might use those... Surely it woulb be _very_good_ idea, along with communicator and a really _huge_ stuff I have in, but I really afraid about messing my system with broken dependencies and so... Ok, removing almos all the

Potato - update-alternatives (Ian Jackson) and window managers - doubt (and Slink to Potato Success)

2000-03-27 Thread Taupter
Hello! First, I'm proud of Debian! I upgraded my Debian system to Potato this weekend, and everything went really fine! Enven my glibc 2.0.7 programs ran (almost all)! Thank you all developers! Go ahead! Make the world better! Second, I'm a bit confused about one point: I compiled gnome, wmak

Re: glibc-compat and upgrading from Slink to Potato using dselect's FTP method.

2000-03-24 Thread Taupter
Hello all I'm near from upgrading my Slink to Potato using dselect's FTP, but I'm afraid if it can drive my system _really_ bad (broken). I tried it six months ago, and the result was a reinstalling Slink from CDs. Did anyone try this way? Worked fine? Taupter

Re: glibc-compat ???

2000-03-23 Thread Taupter
otato and > woody is totally commited to 2.1 > Strange. If i can remember, Slink has libc5 compatibility libs. Why not glibc2.0 compatibility libs for potato, as RH-based distros have? I'm CC'ing this post to debian-devel (the right place to talk about this issue). Taupter