Re: Autoup script is dangerous?
On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Janos Bujtar wrote:
>
> > I am going to upgrade from libc5 to libc6 with autoup script on a live
> > machine with bo system (sendmail, apache, etc) ..Is the upgrade this
> > way safe?
>
> yes, it works well. unfortunately, the ftp functions don't work, so
> you'll have to download the required packages yourself. (one of these days
> i'll get around to fixing it. somebody emailed me a while ago and said
> they had a fix but i don't think they sent me a patch.)
ftp worked for me, with the exception of libc5. It was still a timesaver,
as all I had to do was manually get libc5 and put it with the other .deb
packages and then rerun the script with the mirror option.
>
> anyway, the best way to do that is to download both autoup.sh and
> autoup.tar.gz (a 7mb file containing all the required .debs) from:
>
> http://csanders.vicnet.net.au/autoup/
>
> you'll also find a copy of scott's mini-howto there. read it before
> running the script. in fact, read the script too before running it.
>
> make a subdirectory (e.g. /tmp/autoup) and copy the .sh script and untar
> autoup.tar.gz into it. then run autoup.sh and tell it to use the current
> directory.
>
> once the script has finished, you'll need to complete the upgrade with
> dselect. use whichever method you like (ftp or mountable are recommended),
> but make sure you set it up to use:
>
> dists/unstable/main
> dists/unstable/contrib
> dists/unstable/non-free
>
As of today, make that
dists/frozen/main
dists/frozen/contrib
dists/frozen/non-free
Bob
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