Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...
On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Alexander Shumakovitch wrote:
> Unfortunately, dselect not only doesn't upgrade from 2.0.7pre1-4 to 2.0.7-1,
> but it wants to upgrade FROM 2.0.7-1 TO 2.0.7.pre1-4 now! And moreover I have
> broken dependencies now, since apt_0.0.16 depends on libc6 >=2.0.4pre1. It
> implies that I should either "upgrade" to the previous version, or forget
> about using apt method in dselect until it's fixed. :-(
Apt works fine if everything else is perfect. I'd still like it
to be more fault tolerant. The fix-it-up option added a few versions ago
does help. But, for instance, I did an upgrade of a 2 mo. old hamm for a
friend . I tried to fix problems using dpkg, but it was too much work.
Tried apt via dselect, and it complained. Finally I had to use a dselect
w/o apt to upgrade, which worked fine. After that, apt works again.
Another example is a package with some kind of install problem.
It can be a minor problem that interferes with nothing, but until I find
the problem and solve it by hand, apt won't do anything else.
I know I was on about this a couple of months ago, but I'm
mentioning it again after more experience.
I'm not complaining, just suggesting. In the meantime, I've used
apt to easily upgrade many times and hundreds of packages.
John
John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre
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