Re: Problems with 1.2.1
On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Richard Jones wrote:
>
> > Dwarf said:
> >
> > If you are using dselect to do the install you will find many things
> > broken by the method you used. The principle thing that you broke, by
> > integrating new packages in by hand in the "Packages" files. This file is
> > what dselect uses to resolve dependencies and choose packages.
>
> But if I have correctly moved the packages from rex-updates into their
> correct places in rex, then moved Packages.* from rex-fixed also into rex then
> my rex should be the same as rex-fixed shouldn't it?
>
Yes this should work as long as everything ends up in the right place.
> > Dpkg (maybe it's in dpkg-dev) provides dpkg-scanpackages for
> > reconstructing Packages files. You will need an override file from the
> > indices directory as well in order to use this.
> > Once you have done this, it would be informative to know what else caused
> > problems.
> >
>
> Well a few problems were caused by me not deleting the old packages from the
> tree when I had moved across new ones. Also a few problems were caused
> by packages that had been fixed but hadn't reached my mirror at the time I
> downloaded the whole lot.
Having two versions of a package in an archive will give dselect fits, and
it will usually not do "the right thing".
>
> Unfortunately I don't have time to do another fresh install, so unfortunately
> due to the non-standard install method (which sounds like it was definately
> part of the problem), all the data I collected on the install process is
> pretty useless as far as putting in reliable bug reports goes :(...but maybe
> someone else doing a fresh install the right way could use some of the notes
> as a cross-reference for any probs they have.
>
You should not need to start over at this point. From what I know about
the distribution, most of the problems you have had, have to do with
dependency infelicities in various packages. As far as I know, all of
these can be dealt with on a package by package basis. You will find good
support here for helping you through these rough spots. Learning to deal
with the class of problems you are encountering will boost your
confidence in the system and increase your ability to have some fun with
this product.
Luck,
Dwarf
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