Re: DRAFT v4(final): Debian 2.0 "Hamm" Released
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
On Thu, 23 Jul 1998 treacy@debian.org wrote:
> > Discouraging the use of dselect as the only method to uprade is one thing.
> > Saying that the packaging system is not robust enough to ensure the
> > integrity of the system is another (very different) one.
>
> But isn't it true in this case?
No, I don't think it is completely true.
> Upgrading dselect will lead to a broken system.
Please, tell me why. dpkg refuses to install a package if a Pre-Dependency
is not met. Most (if not all) essential packages have Pre-Dependencies, so
upgrading of essential packages should be safe. And if essential packages
are ok, there is no broken system (or at least not to the point that it
can not be recovered easily via the packaging system itself).
> If you really want it changed, send in some alternative text.
Ok, some alternative text:
Q: Why not just use dselect's ftp method like normal?
A: This will not order your packages correctly. Ordinarily this is not a
problem, but this upgrade involves a major change in libc. You would
obtain a lot of complains from dpkg and you would surely need
several [I]nstall runs to complete the upgrade. For this reason the
use of autoup.sh or apt-get is recommended.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: 2.6.3ia
Charset: latin1
iQCVAgUBNbiCNiqK7IlOjMLFAQEr0AQAnLbpdDSStD0giCN3YdRnpUbNO7tV3j47
2LGICZ0QGb4REbLZpx260fuQWYlS8sd1BpJDyPG3AJUtmGHWe/nY/iksnvocJw47
CZnTbIg3wzveaO5YCDgFEYWSdZBoc3lhh1pKHraaE4ko/sYUtGPvECdWJzQ0Wazk
ma+T+vN4sOQ=
=4MKr
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-publicity-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Reply to: