Re: Scenario of a failed upgrade - advice request - followup

2007-06-05 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:10:06 +1000, Felix Karpfen wrote (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>): > Since posting the above message, I have confirmed that I can (currently) > use LILO to boot both my installed Sarge and my backup Sarge. I can > therefore make my queries more concrete. They now read: > > a) I woul

Scenario of a failed upgrade - advice request

2007-06-04 Thread Felix Karpfen
This posting - sent via gmane - is my second attempt to send this posting. If the first attempt ultimately reached its intended destination, then I apologise for wasting time and bandwidth. The original message read as follows: | I have acquired a DVD set of the official release of Debian 4.0 and

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-15 Thread Richard Kimber
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 02:22:22 +0100 Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 01:12:57PM +0100, Richard Kimber wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:29:09 -0400 > > Graeme Tank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > and bug #188900 seems fixed. > > > > Thanks. But this morning listbu

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-15 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 12:37:34AM -0400, Graeme Tank wrote: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 12:59:55AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Have you tried aptitude? It's like dselect but with a bit more brain. > > I recall using aptitude briefly as a Debian novice on stable, but found > apt-cache (search|sh

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-14 Thread Graeme Tank
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 12:59:55AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Have you tried aptitude? It's like dselect but with a bit more brain. I recall using aptitude briefly as a Debian novice on stable, but found apt-cache (search|show) and apt-get install easier for upgrades within stable. I can eas

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 01:12:57PM +0100, Richard Kimber wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:29:09 -0400 > Graeme Tank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > and bug #188900 seems fixed. > > Thanks. But this morning listbugs still says it's open. There isn't much > point in having this facility if it doesn't

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-14 Thread Graeme Tank
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 01:12:57PM +0100, Richard Kimber wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:29:09 -0400 > Graeme Tank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm using testing: > > $ dpkg -l binutils > > ii binutils 2.14.90.0.4-0.1The GNU assembler, linker ... > > > > and bug #188900 seems f

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-14 Thread Richard Kimber
On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:29:09 -0400 Graeme Tank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also, am I right in assuming that the #188900 bug is such that I > > should avoid upgrading binutils? > > > I find dselect useful in these situations. During package selection, you > can hold a given package. If at a

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-14 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 01:29:09AM -0400, Graeme Tank wrote: > I find dselect useful in these situations. During package selection, you > can hold a given package. If at a later time you want to unhold it, > well, choose the unhold option. Have you tr

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-13 Thread Graeme Tank
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 01:24:50PM +0100, Richard Kimber wrote: > I have 50 or so testing packages in line for upgrade. Some of these have > grave bugs open. Some have grave bugs I can live with. Some I don't know > about. > > Is there a way of telling apt to upgrade all _except_ a given package

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-11 Thread Richard Kimber
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:04:01 +0200 Wolfgang Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:50:10 +0200, Richard Kimber wrote: > > > I have 50 or so testing packages in line for upgrade. Some of these > > have grave bugs open. Some have grave bugs I can live with. Some I > > don't k

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-11 Thread Wolfgang Fischer
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:50:10 +0200, Richard Kimber wrote: > I have 50 or so testing packages in line for upgrade. Some of these have > grave bugs open. Some have grave bugs I can live with. Some I don't know > about. > > Is there a way of telling apt to upgrade all _except_ a given package? I'm

apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-11 Thread Richard Kimber
I have 50 or so testing packages in line for upgrade. Some of these have grave bugs open. Some have grave bugs I can live with. Some I don't know about. Is there a way of telling apt to upgrade all _except_ a given package? I'm not keen on dealing with packages one by one. Also, am I right in a

Re: Upgrade advice

2000-07-06 Thread John Gould
You don't need woody, potato is fine. The upgrade from the existing archive or CD's is sweet, see Anne's doc's on the upgrade. Works really well... Regards JohnG John Gould - Systems Support Engineer Power Innovations Limited Tel: +44 1234 223002 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Windows here, 's very

Re: Upgrade advice

2000-07-05 Thread Morten Liebach
On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 11:18:56AM -, GuĂ°mundur Erlingsson wrote: > Hi there, > > I've put slink on my laptop and it's been sweet so far. I'd like to upgrade > it to a newer version, with newer kernel, but I'm not sure which is best. > Should I go for frozen or would Woody be safe? The thing i

Upgrade advice

2000-07-05 Thread GuĂ°mundur Erlingsson
Hi there, I've put slink on my laptop and it's been sweet so far. I'd like to upgrade it to a newer version, with newer kernel, but I'm not sure which is best. Should I go for frozen or would Woody be safe? The thing is, I'd like to try out Helix Gnome, and have to have Woody installed to be able