Bug#489132: lenny release notes, upgrade dpkg first
On Thu, 03 Jul 2008, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Jul 2008, Bryan Donlan wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 6:25 AM, Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> wrote:
> > > Package: release-notes
> > > Severity: important
> > >
> > > To work-around a problem that can happen in the perl 5.10 upgrade (see
> > > #479711), the perl scripts contained in dpkg (update-alternatives,
> > > dpkg-divert) have been modified... but for the work-around to be used, the
> > > new dpkg must obviously be installed first, before the dist-upgrade.
> > >
> > > Given that the new dpkg also supports triggers, we should probably also
> > > recommend to upgrade apt/aptitude at the same time otherwise those tools
> > > might be confused by the new package status...
> >
> > Would it be better to just set pre-depends on the appropriate version
> > of dpkg in perl? That ought to ensure they are upgraded in the correct
> > order, even for people who don't read the release notes :)
>
> Hum, this might be possible indeed. We don't like frequent use of
> Pre-Depends but this one might be justifiable. Ccing -devel for comments
> and perl@packages.debian.org as they'd have to do it.
For the perl work-around it's ok (as unpacked scripts will be immediately
used), but if we don't ask the user to upgrade apt/aptitude separately,
then the old versions will be used (apt doesn't restart itself!) and it
might cause troubles.
So even with this pre-depends, I'd still recommend a separate upgrade
prior to the real dist-upgrade.
Cheers,
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Raphaël Hertzog
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