Re: test-cycle-1 CD's debian-cd diff
On Fri, 26 May 2000, J.A. Bezemer wrote:
>
> On 26 May 2000, Philip Hands wrote:
>
> [...]
> > I put Anne's upgrade-i386 directory in place on my mirror, and made
> > the i386 upgrade.sh use it. (the static binaries should probably be
> > generated by their respective maintainers, to prevent version skew
> > beween the main archive and the static versions --- is this likely
> > to happen, or do we need someone to maintain the upgrade directories
> > separately ?)
>
> The dpkg/apt maintainers are not interested in this thing (nobody seems to
> care about upgrades at all, because they're all running woody already...),
> and they can't/won't do the non-i386 versions anyway. However, all .debs on my
> site are now built by registered developers and carry their PGP/GPG sigs.
>
> AFAIK it won't be a problem to have slightly older versions in upgrade-*/, as
> long as they work for the intended purpose. If new ("regular") versions are
> available on the CD/FTP-site during the upgrade, they will be installed almost
> first in the process (just after libc6.1 & libstdc++2.8), presumably because
> of their high priority.
>
Where can I get the upgrade-i386 directory? My two systems are still
basically slink as I have been saving them for upgrade testing.
Phil.
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