Re: 1.2 to 1.3 upgrade
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Rob MacWilliams wrote:
> I'm upgrading from Debian 1.2 to 1.3 and saw the following on the web page:
>
> "This section is only for people who are upgrading an older
> Debian system... ...As root, run these commands:
>
>
> dpkg --clear-avail
> dpkg -i ldso_*.deb
> dpkg -i libc5_*.deb
> dpkg -i dpkg_*.deb dpkg-ftp_*.deb
> dpkg --purge --force-depends texbin"
>
> So I downloaded:
>
> ldso_1.8.10-2.deb
> libc5_5.4.23-6.deb
> dpkg_1.4.0.8.deb
> dpkg-ftp_1.4.8.deb
>
> from the 1.3 directory of ftp.debian.org (the closest site to me).
> to a brand new sub-dir, which I cd'd to before running dpkg - i.
>
> When i tried to install the packages, I recieved the errors below.
> I'm not too worried about locale settings. My guess is that they can be fixed
> without making the machine unusable. I am, however, concerned about the
> broken links that show up under libc5.
>
> /usr/lib/libc.so and /usr/lib/libm.so both show up as broken symlinks.
> /lib/libc.so.5 is a link to /lib/libc.so.5.4.23 and
> /lib/libm.so.5 is a link to /lib/libm.so.5.0.8.
This is an indication that your libc5-dev package is out of sync with your
libc5 package. Finishing the upgrade will solve this problem.
> Should I link the /usr/lib stuff to the links in /lib
> i.e. /usr/lib/libc.so->/lib/libc.so.5 or should I link them to the files
> themselves i.e. /usr/lib/libc.so->/lib/libc.so.5.4.23? I seem to remember that
> some programs can't follow too many levels of links. Or was this all
> a result of not having the locale settings correct?
Just let the upgrade fix it, when you install the new libc5-dev package
the link will be correct.
> I don't have texbin installed, so that package isn't an issue.
>
> Sorry for the bandwidth, but I thought all of the error messages
> should be here.
Your LANG variable should be en_US
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Scott K. Ellis | Argue for your limitations and |
| storm@gate.net | sure enough, they're yours. |
| | -- Illusions |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: 2.6.3
Charset: noconv
iQCVAwUBM54wz6Ck2fENdzpVAQGlmwP+LvtH8REDQebl9ICwENnXTjFlhvnqCrwZ
rZLEGqI87CfLqdOTwww5K2mP1HO1TyrDX07mntaG8smeSS9Qi2mH8Ai9kBLVp8nY
wplHx2oQUGVUH7uaOnZOmJ5NIvmR26dtpvl7/JBWGs7aZIaFE59IXLpgovAitXrO
FgkBVHYGsu0=
=LKTh
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
--
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to
debian-user-request@lists.debian.org .
Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .
Reply to: