On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 08:05:28AM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > FYI, don't know what to do about this. mips/mipsel also have the kernel upgrade issue, so... Perhaps the following recipe will work? - edit sources.list to point to sarge - disable pinning - apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.27-foo - reboot - apt-get install doc-base - apt-get install aptitude dpkg perl [hmm, this last doesn't seem to be part of the recommended path on the website currently?] - aptitude -f --with-recommends dist-upgrade -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer > ----- Forwarded message from Ewen McNeill <ewen@naos.co.nz> ----- > > From: Ewen McNeill <ewen@naos.co.nz> > Reply-To: Ewen McNeill <ewen@naos.co.nz>, 310801@bugs.debian.org > Subject: Bug#310801: Failed: mips(el) (cobalt): no aptitude package in woody for mips(el) > Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 16:35:30 +1200 > To: submit@bugs.debian.org > Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org > > Package: upgrade-reports > > [NOTE: This duplicates some information in report #310005; I'm > still filing as a separate bug because I think the specific issue > (aptitude missing in woody for mips(el)) is sigificant enough to warrant > separate attention. Feel free to close this bug if/when issue raised > in this/#310005 are addressed somehow -- even if it's just duplicating the > recommended approach from #310005 into the mips(el) Sarge release notes.] > > > Archive date: Wed May 25 19:00:01 UTC 2005 > Upgrade date: 2005/05/26 16:00:00 +1200 > uname -a: Linux cobalt-linux 2.4.26 #2 Tue Apr 27 13:29:20 NZST 2004 mips unknown > Method: Attempted to upgrade with aptitude following instructions here > http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/mipsel/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html > > > Unfortunately I didn't get very far with my attempt to upgrade my > Cobalt box (running Debian Linux, Woody, installed following Paul > Martin's instructions from a few years ago). > > One of the first instructions (after "make a backup") is: > > -=- cut here -=- > First the aptitude package needs to be installed. This is done with: > > apt-get install aptitude > > Provided that you have a working APT configuration this will install the woody version of aptitude. > -=- cut here -=- > > Unfortunately this isn't possible on a mips(el) architecture. > > -=- cut here -=- > ewen@cobalt-linux:~$ sudo apt-get install aptitude > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > E: Couldn't find package aptitude > ewen@cobalt-linux:~$ > -=- cut here -=- > > There is no aptitude package for mips prior to the 0.2.15.9-2 (from Sarge). > Eg, from ftp.debian.org: > > -=- cut here -=- > ftp> cd debian/pool/main > 250 Directory successfully changed. > ftp> cd a/aptitude > 250 Directory successfully changed. > ftp> ls *mips* > 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV. > 150 Here comes the directory listing. > -rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 1932216 Apr 09 18:47 aptitude_0.2.15.9-2_mips.deb > -rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 1922778 Apr 07 18:32 aptitude_0.2.15.9-2_mipsel.deb > 226 Directory send OK. > -=- cut here -=- > > Version in Woody on, eg, i386 is > > -=- cut here -=- > ewen@basilica:~ $ apt-cache show aptitude | grep Version > Version: 0.2.11.1-4 > -=- cut here -=- > > At a guess that is due to bug #84935 ("g++ fails to compile aptitude on > the mips architecture"), which is marked as Normal/Resolved, as of > a month ago. > > Apparently not resolved in time to get a version into Woody, even with > the most recent Debian Woody minor-release (which IIRC did include an > aptitude update in order to make Woody->Sarge updates easier; but not > for mips(el) it seems). > > I see there is one last Debian Woody mini-release planned: > > http://people.debian.org/~joey/3.0r6/ > > but it doesn't include aptitude at this stage. > > It seems to me that either: > (a) aptitude should be built for Woody on all Sarge architectures, and > included in 3.0r6; or > > (b) on those architectures where aptitude isn't available (ie, mips(el)) > the release notes should provide alternative instructions on > upgrading (eg, using apt-get cautiously, or perhaps doing enough > of the upgrade to pull in aptitude from Sarge then using aptitude). > > I'm sure that I can figure out some way to upgrade this system to Sarge > even if neither of those are done (I've backported enough packages myself > for one thing; and done Debian upgrades since Bo without using aptitude), > but in the interests of accurate documention it seems something worth > addressing. > > Ewen
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