Re: The future (or non-future) of ia32-libs

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

On 22.06.2012 15:31, Roger Leigh wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 09:32:15PM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> > On 06/22/2012 05:34 PM, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> > > Step 1: upgrade/dist-upgrade with ia32-libs (wine, ...) held back
> > > Step 2: dpkg --add-architecture i386 && apt-get update
> > > Step 3: dist-upgrade (ia32-libs, wine, ... is now installable)
[...]
> > I know we have release notes, but some don't know about them or 
> > would
> > simply not read them. A debconf message seem really appropriate IMO.
>
> Could we not introduce the concept of an "upgrade script" into
> apt-get which could be downloaded when you run "apt-get update" and
> then run during a dist-upgrade?  This could handle automation of
> any "housekeeping" during the upgrade which would otherwise require
> manual work detailed in the release notes.

As a theoretical future enhancement, possibly.  That won't help for 
squeeze to wheezy upgrades though, as squeeze's apt would need to 
include support for it.

Regards,

Adam