Re: ? about Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO

[Brandon Mitchell <bhmit1@mail.wm.edu>]

> Two days or so ago the  Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO was posted here.
> I was wondering if it is okay to 
> 1. use dselect and connect to a local ftp mirror
> 2. When prompted for Enter space seperated list of distributions to get
>    during setting up the FTP Access Method, enter hamm/hamm
> 3. update the package list
> 4. unselect everything that is selected by default
> 5. select the packages that are listed in the Mini-HOWTO
> 6. and install

Dselect will not order the packages correctly.  Installing out of order
may result in an unusable system (reparable by a second installation
and rescue disk or a complete reinstall).  I believe the instructions are
given in an order that will not result in a dependency problem.  Also, I
believe the mirror's format has changed, so pointing dselect to unstable
may not work as expected.  All of this is from other messages, I plan on
actually doing the upgrade later tonight myself.

Brandon

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Brandon Mitchell                         E-mail: bhmit1@mail.wm.edu
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