[no cc:s on list mail please] On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 12:12, Oliver Elphick wrote: > Adrian von Bidder wrote: [...] > > Perhaps as 'xxx.new' which the upgrade script would then move to the > > real names after having done the dump. > > I don't think that is necessary, because the _old_ binaries are saved by > the prerm to make them available to the upgrade script. I really don't > want to have to write my own version of dpkg to handle the installation! [...] > a) the database will become unavailable to all users until the > administrator does an upgrade by hand; or I was assuming that the database would stay up if the user won't let debconf upgrade. But if db shutdown is ok, my idea is of course not necessary. cheers -- vbi -- secure email with gpg http://fortytwo.ch/gpg
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