Re: uppgrading packages to unstable versions
On Thu, Apr 22, 1999 at 11:59:40AM +0000, Ulrik Haugen wrote:
> * Shaleh <shaleh@livenet.net>:
> > unstable is now based on a new glibc. So if you want to migrate to it, tell
> > dselect (or apt) to update based on the unstable directory and download the 40
> > - 80 some megs of updated packages.
>
> I'm afraid I choose a rather misleading subject, I'm not sure I want to
> upgrade to the unstable version of everything, I only intended to upgrade the
> packages required to run 2.2.x kernels.
>
> Whenever I select Install in dselect it sayes a lot of packages will be
> removed and asks if I understand that it's bad...
>
> How do I unmark all packages marked for uninstallation?
I would recommend the following:
1. Use 'apt-get install' to install the needed packages plus any
dependencies.
2. Remove the unstable lines from /etc/apt/sources.list and re-run
update.
Bob
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