Re: Slink upgrade - the pain of it !!!!!
Ian Smith <ian@beaky.force9.co.uk> writes:
> Hi all,
> [To the list] I am posting here because I think this might be a
> potential release control problem.
> Just got my slink CDs from Linux Central, and had _loads_ of problems
> which I did not expect as I am relatively experienced with this Debian
> stuff (upgrades included). Basically, whichever disk I tried, there
> were always 13/17Mb of packages "held back".
> I am wondering whether their images are out of date or if the twin-CD
> apt-get -f dist-upgrade is FUBAR. As I write this, I am downloading the
> last 13Mb of my upgrade over a slow V34 dialup link at full daily rates
> :(
I'd say that it's FU but not FUBAR. The multicd support in apt is
currently broken, you can get around it by doing multiple runs with
the "-m" option added. (The problem is that it doesn't actually
support multiple CDs in one session.)
Steve
dunham@cse.msu.edu
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