Upgrading from libc5 to libc6

1998-02-10 Thread JASON ISH
I'm upgrading a fairly new bo system to hamm following the libc5 to libc6 howto. I've run into a problem when it comes to install libc6_2.0.6-3.deb as it reports a conflict with libc5. So I did as the HOWTO says and downloaded the older version of libc5 from the link in

Re: another question about upgrading libc5 to libc6

1998-01-28 Thread Tim Sailer
Joost Kooij wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Tim Sailer wrote: > > > Huh.. I just tried this on a machie at home, and the script failed because > > debian/hamm/hamm/binary-i386/base/ contains no libc5*.deb files. On > > any mirror that I could find. > > Try looking in oldlibs/ > > Tip: in d

Re: another question about upgrading libc5 to libc6

1998-01-28 Thread Scott Ellis
On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Tim Sailer wrote: > Scott Ellis wrote: > > > Maybe someone else has an easier way? > > > > Yes, there is now a script a > > http://stormcrow.ml.org/pub/debian/autoup/autoup.sh that will download all > > the necessary core packages mentioned in my upgrade howto, remove all the

Re: another question about upgrading libc5 to libc6

1998-01-28 Thread Joost Kooij
On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Tim Sailer wrote: > Huh.. I just tried this on a machie at home, and the script failed because > debian/hamm/hamm/binary-i386/base/ contains no libc5*.deb files. On > any mirror that I could find. Try looking in oldlibs/ Tip: in directory binary-i386, type "dir */packag

Re: another question about upgrading libc5 to libc6

1998-01-28 Thread Paul McDermott
Hello everyone, my experience with the upgrade howto from debian proved to be an invaluable asset. U had to dpkg --purge the development packages manually using dpkg. That was ok. I downloaded the entire hamm distribution and I have installed the base, admin and am starting on the lib and develo

Re: another question about upgrading libc5 to libc6

1998-01-28 Thread Tim Sailer
Scott Ellis wrote: > > Maybe someone else has an easier way? > > Yes, there is now a script a > http://stormcrow.ml.org/pub/debian/autoup/autoup.sh that will download all > the necessary core packages mentioned in my upgrade howto, remove all the > old -dev packages, and install the new stuff in t

Re: another question about upgrading libc5 to libc6

1998-01-27 Thread Scott Ellis
On 27 Jan 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote: >Hello everybody, i am currently following the mini howto on how to upgrade > from libc5 to libc6. Everything is going smoothly, up to this point. In >part 3 under development it says to purge libc5 *--dev* I know how to use >dpkg,

Re: another question about upgrading libc5 to libc6

1998-01-27 Thread Ben Pfaff
Hello everybody, i am currently following the mini howto on how to upgrade from libc5 to libc6. Everything is going smoothly, up to this point. In part 3 under development it says to purge libc5 *--dev* I know how to use dpkg, and there is an option --purge. My question is how do

another question about upgrading libc5 to libc6

1998-01-27 Thread Paul McDermott
Hello everybody, i am currently following the mini howto on how to upgrade from libc5 to libc6. Everything is going smoothly, up to this point. In part 3 under development it says to purge libc5 *--dev* I know how to use dpkg, and there is an option --purge. My question is how do you perge all

Re: upgrading from libc5 to libc6

1998-01-27 Thread Scott Ellis
On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Paul McDermott wrote: > hello everyone, I have a bo system and want a hamm system. I got the > howto to do the upgrade, but i can't find libc6_2.0.5c-0.1 that it says > you need. It does not say anywhere where to get it. Any help would be > greatly appreciated. libc6 is no

upgrading from libc5 to libc6

1998-01-27 Thread Paul McDermott
hello everyone, I have a bo system and want a hamm system. I got the howto to do the upgrade, but i can't find libc6_2.0.5c-0.1 that it says you need. It does not say anywhere where to get it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the wo

Re: version 0.8 of libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-20 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jan 20, 1998 at 10:05:03PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > worse than ever now :-). there are over 1700 packages in hamm (counting > main, contrib, non-free, and non-US)...several hundred more than in bo. Just FYI, there are only 460 odd in main in buzz! That's progress ... Hamish -- Ha

Re: version 0.8 of libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-20 Thread Craig Sanders
On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: > Hi, Craig! > > I updated libc5 to libc6 on 2 computers (Debian 1.3 was installed in > Nov-97 and Feb-97) using your script. Worked fine for me. glad to hear it. > Updating the rest of the packages with dselect is still quite

Re: version 0.8 of libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-19 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
Hi, Craig! I updated libc5 to libc6 on 2 computers (Debian 1.3 was installed in Nov-97 and Feb-97) using your script. Worked fine for me. Updating the rest of the packages with dselect is still quite painful. Thank you, Sasha. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

version 0.8 of libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-11 Thread Craig Sanders
--- #! /bin/sh DPKG=`which dpkg` LDCONFIG=`which ldconfig` # uncomment for debugging #set -x #DPKG="echo dpkg" #LDCONFIG="echo LDCONFIG" # upgrade a libc5 (bo) machine to libc6 (hamm). # based on Scott Ellis' excellent "Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO" # docu

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-10 Thread Tim Sailer
Igor Grobman wrote: > > > This version should be close to good enough. The major change since the last > one that was posted is the ability to upgrade from files in the current dir > instead of a local mirror requirement. llug.sep.bnl.gov is a public nfs mount for debian. You can point the s

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-09 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Lindsay Allen wrote: > I hope this is the final version for a while. The script works here on a > freshly installed bo. > > Watch out for line folding. > > # sanity check that we are in the right place > [ -f base/libc6_* ] || exit 9 9 is already used for perl_base failure.

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-09 Thread Lindsay Allen
I hope this is the final version for a while. The script works here on a freshly installed bo. Watch out for line folding. --- cut here --- #! /bin/sh # upgrade a libc5 (bo) machine to libc6 (hamm). # based on Scott Ellis' excellent "Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO" # d

Re: libc5 to libc6: purge or install

1997-12-24 Thread Jameson Burt
> > > > > > Your libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.txt saves many people from ruinning their > > > operating systems. A few changes could save a few more people. When a > > > person > > > ruins zher operating system by badly adding packages from hamm, zhe > > > consumes > > > weeks of time. You might

Re: libc5 to libc6: purge or install

1997-12-24 Thread Scott K. Ellis
On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Jameson Burt wrote: > This seems the correct approach. So, the libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO should say > not just >The minimum list of packages to install to be able to run unstable- >branch packages is below. Install these packages one at a time in >exactly the order

Re: Installing Unstable, avoid upgrading from libc5 to libc6?

1997-12-23 Thread Santiago Vila Doncel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Timothy D.Webster wrote: > Used wget to mirror debian ftp site, "only i386, no source". Did you mirror binary-i386 and binary-all? (You need both). If you mirrored just binary-i386, did you use wget --retr-symlinks? (You don't need binary-all if you get the file

Subject: Installing Unstable, avoid upgrading from libc5 to libc6?

1997-12-17 Thread Tim Webster
I have been trying to install unstable, rather than stable. In hopes that I might be able to avoid some of the libc5 to libc6 upgrade head aches. Used wget to mirror debian ftp site, "only i386, no source". Everything works fine; Access: OK, I linked ln -s debian/hamm/hamm debian/h

Installing Unstable, avoid upgrading from libc5 to libc6?

1997-12-17 Thread Timothy D.Webster
I have been trying to install unstable, rather than stable. In hopes that I might be able to avoid some of the libc5 to libc6 upgrade head aches. Used wget to mirror debian ftp site, "only i386, no source". Everything works fine; Access: OK, I linked ln -s debian/hamm/hamm debian/h

Re: upgrading from libc5 to libc6?

1997-12-17 Thread Scott Ellis
On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Paul McDermott wrote: > hi everybody is there a howto on upgrading from libc5 to libc6. When I do > a dpkg -i of libc6.deb it tells me that it conflicts with libc5. Any > suggestions? Where is the howto? I've been looking in the archives but > could not

RE: upgrading from libc5 to libc6?

1997-12-17 Thread Mark Ciciretti
Look at http://www.gate.net/~storm for the libc5 to libc6 howto. On 17-Dec-97 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >hi everybody is there a howto on upgrading from libc5 to libc6. When I do >a dpkg -i of libc6.deb it tells me that it conflicts with libc5. Any >suggestions? Where is the

upgrading from libc5 to libc6?

1997-12-17 Thread Paul McDermott
hi everybody is there a howto on upgrading from libc5 to libc6. When I do a dpkg -i of libc6.deb it tells me that it conflicts with libc5. Any suggestions? Where is the howto? I've been looking in the archives but could not see any reference to it. Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MA

Re: Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO - purging -dev packages

1997-12-11 Thread Scott K. Ellis
On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: > Section 3. of the Mini-HOWTO says: > > If you wish to do libc6 development, you should first purge all the > > '-dev' packages on your system > > Please confirm that this does not include dpkg-dev_1.4.0.19.deb, > which was installed under

Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO - purging -dev packages

1997-12-11 Thread Robert D. Hilliard
Section 3. of the Mini-HOWTO says: > If you wish to do libc6 development, you should first purge all the > '-dev' packages on your system Please confirm that this does not include dpkg-dev_1.4.0.19.deb, which was installed under Section 2.3. Bob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIS

Re: libc5 to libc6

1997-12-03 Thread Frank Barknecht
G. Kapetanios hat gesagt: // G. Kapetanios wrote: > > Hi, > > A friend wants to upadate from libc5 to 6 . I have done that some time ago > and can't rember the exact order . Can somebody let me know of the http > address for libc5 tp libc6 HOWTO ? > - From the Howto: - 1.2. Finding update

libc5 to libc6

1997-12-03 Thread G. Kapetanios
Hi, A friend wants to upadate from libc5 to 6 . I have done that some time ago and can't rember the exact order . Can somebody let me know of the http address for libc5 tp libc6 HOWTO ? Thanks George --

RE: libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-17 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
i > libc6_2.0.4-1.i386.deb) so without thinking I did a dpkg -r --force depends > libc5 thinking that my next command would be to install libc6 ... there was no > next command on that system. Well, this seems to be a great example of the "Golden Rule For Moving From Libc5 To Libc6&quo

Re: libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-16 Thread George Bonser
Maybe I have an old version ... at the very end it finally mentiones the conflict. the last item in the howto. I think it should be moved up to where the lists of packages you need are mentioned. On 16-Nov-97 joost witteveen wrote: > > I'm sure that is mentioned in the libc5-libc6-mini-ho

RE: libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-16 Thread oehansen
Þann 16-Nov-97 skrifar Jameson Burt: > > Your libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.txt saves many people from ruinning their > operating systems. A few changes could save a few more people. When a > person > ruins zher operating system by badly adding packages from hamm, zhe consumes > weeks of time. You

Re: libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-16 Thread joost witteveen
> > > > Your libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.txt saves many people from ruinning their > > operating systems. A few changes could save a few more people. When a > > person > > ruins zher operating system by badly adding packages from hamm, zhe > > consumes > > weeks of time. You might save tens of p

RE: libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-16 Thread George Bonser
> > Your libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.txt saves many people from ruinning their > operating systems. A few changes could save a few more people. When a > person > ruins zher operating system by badly adding packages from hamm, zhe consumes > weeks of time. You might save tens of people a hundred w

libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-16 Thread Jameson Burt
The key document for upgrading from stable "bo" to unstable "hamm" is libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.txt. I have botched the upgrade from rex to bo, and the upgrade from bo to hamm. I botched the upgrades because I installed programs from the unstable version over several months successfully, then on

Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting)

1997-11-03 Thread Scott Ellis
Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO Scott K. Ellis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] $Id: libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.sgml,v 2.9 1997/10/14 02:46:50 storm Exp $ 1. Introduction The Debian project is currently in the process of putting together the next release of the Debian system. This version will

Re: Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting, updated)

1997-10-27 Thread Christian Leutloff
Scott Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2.4. Other Possible Conflicts > > Since perl is used in many package installation scripts, problems with > with library upgrades may temporarily break perl, which may break > other package installations. To be safe, install the new libgdbm1 and

Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting, updated)

1997-10-15 Thread Scott Ellis
Notes on handling the new libc5 upgrade in the latest stable update are at the end. Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO Scott K. Ellis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] $Id: libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.sgml,v 2.9 1997/10/14 02:46:50 storm Exp $ 1. Introduction The Debian project is currently in the

Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting, updated)

1997-10-11 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO Scott K. Ellis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] $Id: libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.sgml,v 2.8 1997/10/11 03:02:12 storm Exp $ 1. Introduction The Debian project is currently in the process of putting together the next release of the

Re: Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting)

1997-10-07 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Oct 07, 1997 at 10:29:11AM -0400, Scott Ellis wrote: > On Tue, 7 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > It is in general a good advice to install first the actual lib* package, > > and then the appropriate lkib*g package. So it is necessary for svgalib > > and others. > > > > Perhaps som

Re: Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting)

1997-10-07 Thread Scott Ellis
On Tue, 7 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It is in general a good advice to install first the actual lib* package, > and then the appropriate lkib*g package. So it is necessary for svgalib > and others. > > Perhaps something like this could be included in the HOWTO I'll try to make mention o

Re: Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting)

1997-10-07 Thread Marcus . Brinkmann
It is in general a good advice to install first the actual lib* package, and then the appropriate lkib*g package. So it is necessary for svgalib and others. Perhaps something like this could be included in the HOWTO Thank you Marcus -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "un

Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting)

1997-10-06 Thread Scott Ellis
Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO Scott K. Ellis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] $Id: libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.sgml,v 2.6 1997/09/27 16:41:16 storm Exp storm $ 1. Introduction The Debian project is currently in the process of putting together the next release of the Debian system. This version

Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting, updated)

1997-09-21 Thread Scott K. Ellis
howto - Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO Scott K. Ellis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] $Id: libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.sgml,v 2.5 1997/09/16 03:31:27 storm Exp $ 1. Introduction The Debian project is currently in the process of putting together the next release of the Debian system. This version

Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting)

1997-09-08 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO Scott K. Ellis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] $Id: libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.sgml,v 2.4 1997/08/28 22:02:32 storm Exp $ 1. Introduction The Debian project is currently in the process of putting together the next release of the

Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO

1997-09-02 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO Scott K. Ellis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] $Id: libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.sgml,v 2.4 1997/08/28 22:02:32 storm Exp $ 1. Introduction The Debian project is currently in the process of putting together the next release of the

Re: Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting)

1997-08-28 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Bart Schuller wrote: > You might also want to mention perl and libgdbm. I can't tell you > exactly what went wrong, but both machines I upgraded had a core-dumping > perl. With lots of install scripts written in perl that makes a fine > mess

Re: Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting)

1997-08-28 Thread Bart Schuller
On Aug 28, Scott K. Ellis wrote > Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO > Scott K. Ellis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > v2.1, August 22, 1997 You might also want to mention perl and libgdbm. I can't tell you exactly what went wrong, but both machines I upgraded had a core-dumping perl

Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting)

1997-08-28 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO Scott K. Ellis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] v2.1, August 22, 1997 1. Introduction The Debian project is currently in the process of putting together the next release of the Debian system. This version will utilize the new

Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting, updated)

1997-08-20 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO Scott K. Ellis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] v2.0, August 19, 1997 1. Introduction The Debian project is currently in the process of putting together the next release of the Debian system. This version will utilize the new

Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting, updated)

1997-08-17 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO Scott K. Ellis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] v1.6, August 17, 1997 Recent Changes: o Moved ldso above libc6, incase they have an ancient ldso. o Raised versions required for bash and libreadline(g)2 to the official

Re: Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting)

1997-08-17 Thread ioannis
> > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libreadline.so (No such file or > > directory), skipping > > [ started after libreadline, fixed after libreadlineg ] > > > > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libhistory.so (No such file or > > directory), skipping > > [ same as above ] > > > > ldc

Re: Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting)

1997-08-17 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sat, 16 Aug 1997, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > Scott, I had some problems. Specifically: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED](p1):bhmit1$ /bin/bash > /bin/bash: error in loading shared libraries > : undefined symbol: rl_get_string_value_hook > > > o lib

Re: Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting)

1997-08-17 Thread Brandon Mitchell
Scott, I had some problems. Specifically: [EMAIL PROTECTED](p1):bhmit1$ /bin/bash /bin/bash: error in loading shared libraries : undefined symbol: rl_get_string_value_hook > o libc6_2.0.4-1- check > o ldso_1.9.5-1 - check > o ncurses3.4_1.

Re: ? about Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO

1997-08-16 Thread Brandon Mitchell
> Two days or so ago the Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO was posted here. > I was wondering if it is okay to > 1. use dselect and connect to a local ftp mirror > 2. When prompted for Enter space seperated list of distributions to get >during setting up the FTP Access Method,

Re: ? about Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO

1997-08-16 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sat, 16 Aug 1997, Ricardo Muggli wrote: > Two days or so ago the Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO was posted here. > I was wondering if it is okay to > 1. use dselect and connect to a local ftp mirror > 2. When prompted for Enter space seper

? about Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO

1997-08-16 Thread Ricardo Muggli
Two days or so ago the Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO was posted here. I was wondering if it is okay to 1. use dselect and connect to a local ftp mirror 2. When prompted for Enter space seperated list of distributions to get during setting up the FTP Access Method, enter hamm/hamm 3. update

Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting)

1997-08-15 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO Scott K. Ellis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] v1.3, August 14, 1997 1. Introduction The Debian project is currently in the process of putting together the next release of the Debian system. This version will utilize the new