Re: Q: Pointer for libc6 upgrade
> I have used --force-depends now quite a few times without being
Not to pick on you in particular, but I can't emphasize this enough:
if you use --force-depends while doing an upgrade from libc5 to libc6,
you *will* hurt yourself. Practically guaranteed. Really, honest! :-)
There are *other* cases where you can get away with it but this isn't
one of them. If you're trying to upgrade and think --force-depends
will help, reread the libc5->libc6 HOWTO, and then *post here instead*
so we have a chance to save you before you destroy your system...
Just to note, I recently installed a machine with the LSL 1.3.1 cdrom,
then set up mirror to suck down unstable, and upgraded to that. I did
a few bits by hand (I don't use dselect) but that was almost entirely
a matter of "ldso first, dpkg next, --remove the -dev's, and go..."
It worked fine.
_Mark_ <eichin@kitten.gen.ma.us>
The Herd of Kittens
Debian X Maintainer
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