Re: Base System release critical bug status II
On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 12:33:14PM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote:
> Hi Anthony!
>
> You wrote:
>
> > Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
> > db2 106082 open grave
> > db2 106663 open grave
> > db2 not backwards compatible, breaks potato packages on
> > partial upgrades
>
> Should this one really be grave? Upgrading potato-->woody means
> upgrading to db2. So a partial upgrade with some old packages
> still depending on an old db shouldn't be possible in a normal
> dist-upgrade, right?
Any configuration of upgrades or partial upgrades should not leave
things in an unusable state. That's what deps are for.
Fact is, this is a bug, and one I had not thought. Seems I'll have to
add that nss symbol after all.
Ben
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