Re: to woody from potato, some advices...

2002-02-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 09:53:16AM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi! > > after a couple of days fighting with the upgrading to woody from potato here > are my advices if anyone wants to do the same. The advices from this list > were > of fundamental importance! > > 1

Re: to woody from potato, some advices...

2002-02-16 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 01:10:11PM -0500, Scott Henson wrote: > On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 21:35, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 04:16:04PM -0500, Scott Henson wrote: > > > Is there a script or something for doing this automagically? > > > > * Edit /etc/apt/sources.list > > * dselect u

Re: to woody from potato, some advices...

2002-02-15 Thread Scott Henson
On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 21:35, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 04:16:04PM -0500, Scott Henson wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 13:17, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 09:53:16AM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > > > 1) Upgrade to woody via apt > > > > > > Definitel

Re: to woody from potato, some advices...

2002-02-15 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 07:10:30AM -0500, Bob Thibodeau wrote: > In my experience, apt-get knows to set up the next versions packaging > tools first, even in a full dist-upgrade. Has someone actually gotten > burnt by this (lately)? Remember WOODY is still in testing phase. So safety precaution s

Re: to woody from potato, some advices...

2002-02-15 Thread Bob Thibodeau
In my experience, apt-get knows to set up the next versions packaging tools first, even in a full dist-upgrade. Has someone actually gotten burnt by this (lately)? Of course being safe when you do a big upgrade does no harm. Bob On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 09:52:11AM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote

Re: to woody from potato, some advices...

2002-02-15 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 12:17:22PM -0600, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 09:53:16AM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > 1) Upgrade to woody via apt > > Definitely upgrade using woody's apt, not potato's - that is, upgrade > the packaging tools first. This has been the advice for u

Re: to woody from potato, some advices...

2002-02-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 04:16:04PM -0500, Scott Henson wrote: > On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 13:17, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 09:53:16AM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > > 1) Upgrade to woody via apt > > > > Definitely upgrade using woody's apt, not potato's - that is, upgrade

Re: to woody from potato, some advices...

2002-02-14 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 04:16:04PM -0500, Scott Henson wrote: > On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 13:17, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 09:53:16AM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > > 1) Upgrade to woody via apt > > > > Definitely upgrade using woody's apt, not potato's - that is, upgrade

Re: to woody from potato, some advices...

2002-02-14 Thread Scott Henson
On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 13:17, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 09:53:16AM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > 1) Upgrade to woody via apt > > Definitely upgrade using woody's apt, not potato's - that is, upgrade > the packaging tools first. This has been the advice for upgrading from

Re: to woody from potato, some advices...

2002-02-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 09:53:16AM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > 1) Upgrade to woody via apt Definitely upgrade using woody's apt, not potato's - that is, upgrade the packaging tools first. This has been the advice for upgrading from one release to another for at least the last couple of rel

Re: to woody from potato, some advices...

2002-02-14 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 09:53:16 -0200 Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 4) Install the man pages and the xbase-clients (apt-get install man-deb > manpages xbase-clients). The woody upgrading deinstall thesse packages, but > doesn't reinstall them. man-db, you mean? > 5) I like very

to woody from potato, some advices...

2002-02-14 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi! after a couple of days fighting with the upgrading to woody from potato here are my advices if anyone wants to do the same. The advices from this list were of fundamental importance! 1) Upgrade to woody via apt 2) If your video card is supported, install XFree86 4 (shipped with woody) and