Re: dselect (Re: Using dpkg for a custom installation from cdrom media)
On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Henry Hollenberg wrote:
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> Henry Hollenberg speed@barney.iamerica.net
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> On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Joost Kooij wrote:
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> > On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Henry Hollenberg wrote:
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> > > > Was that a kernel you brewed yourself with kernel-package? Then it
> > > > probably wasn't mentioned in a "Packages" file. How would dselect know
> > > > about your package then?
> > >
> > > It's one from Herbert Xu that's not showing up in stable or bo-update:
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> > > http://cgi.debian.org/www-master/debian.org/Packages/unstable/devel/kernel-source-2.0.33.html
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> > > not sure why it's in unstable/devel since it looks like a stable (even
> > > number) release.
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> > Stable and unstable kernel releases have nothing to do with stable and
> > unstable debian distribution trees. The Debian unstable tree always has
> > stable kernels for instance.
> >
> > The stable and unstable debian distribution tree have different Packages
> > files though. Since the kernel included with "stable" has no major bugs
> > that needed to be fixed, it hasn't been changed in the bo tree and neither
> > in bo's Packages file. Maybe that explains why you didn't see it; you're
> > looking at the Packages file from bo.
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> What would point dselect at this particular kernel then? (2.0.33)
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> unstable?
Yes, but since there's a big difference between current stable and
unstable (libc5 vs. libc6) there's slightly more to it than pointing
dselect at the unstable tree.
Testing is currently being done to make the transition as smooth as
possible (another great thing of Debian; other distributions require you
to scrap your existing setup and reinstall completely.)
You can move to unstable too, but you'll have to read the HOWTO on the
subject and follow the advice pretty closely, because it's a big thing to
go from one libc major version to another.
You'll be better off with a fast net connection too, because almost all
packages have newer versions (linked against different libs and a lot of
newer versions.)
If you're on a 14k4 modem link, better wait a <wild guess> month or two
until the debian 2.0 cd's are in the shops </wild guess>.
You can find the upgrade-HOWTO at
http://taz.net.au/autoup/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.html
Cheers,
Joost
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