Re: CDs and apt (upgrading or otherwise)
>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca> writes:
Jason> On 2 Mar 1999, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
>> One more question -- the upgrading instructions talk about using
>> apt inconjunction with the CD-ROMs for upgrading. How would one do
>> this? Assuming sources.list is setup properly, just feed in the
>> CDs sequentially (1, 2, and 5), each time, saying 'apt-get update ;
>> apt-get dist-upgrade' ?
Jason> That is one possibility.. It may not get all packages though
Jason> (depends entirely on the CD layout) :|
Is 'dist-upgrade' the right thing here?
>From what I hear, the CD is layed out so that CD 1 can stand alone
(main), and CD 2 in conjunction with CD 1 can stand alone (main +
contrib) excepting a few unmet non-us/non-free dependancies, and CD
5+2+1 (5 is the unofficial non-us/non-free I think?) completes it.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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