Re: Apt should be called "inapt" (rhymes with "inept")
Try remote rebooting a server with a 120Gig Raid array and 1GB Ram takes
several hours to come up if wants an fsck!
"nate@firetrail.com" wrote:
>
> another reason why you shouldnt reboot a box from remote :) when one of my
> servers needs a reboot i always make sure someone is nearby incase
> something goes bad. for the same reason i refuse to attempt a
> slink->potato upgrade from remote, too risky.
>
> of course i also pray whenever rebooting a server of any kind :) one time
> recently i rebooted my home multipurpose server and it took me 45minutes
> to get it to a state where it was fully functional again.(mostly not
> putting programs in startup scripts/having to recompile 3rd party modules
> for a new kernel, and rebooting many many times during the process to make
> sure it goes right).
>
> if i couldn't tune2fs -c0 i'd go mad!! :)
>
> nate
>
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Joe Emenaker wrote:
>
> joe >I tried to install a package using apt-get yesterday. It complained about dependencies for some stuff. It suggested that I use "apt-get -f install {packagename}".
> joe >
> joe >So I did....
> joe >
> joe >It downloaded a bundle of packages, whizzed through the configurations for them in no time at all.
> joe >
> joe >Everything seemed to be fine..... until I rebooted.
> joe >
> joe >It seems that apt-get decided to UNINSTALL:
> joe > o netkit-inetd
> joe > o ipchains
> joe > o netbase
> joe >
> joe >and a couple of others. In other words, upon reboot, there was no network connectivity and no way to GET network connectivity without bringing in netbase and it's dependencies via floppy disk.
> joe >
> joe >The man pages seemed to say that the "-f" option would install any dependencies needed to install what you originally asked for. However, it seems to have also deleted some packages that it felt should be removed.
> joe >
> joe >Is there an option for apt-get to tell it to install extra stuff it needs but to *not* remove anything?
> joe >
> joe >- Joe
> joe >
>
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