* Richard Warren (rikiwarren@yahoo.com) [010916 12:44]: > So, I have two questions. > > 1: Why does dselect detect problems that the other > tools ignore? Can I safely ignore these problems > myself (I can't find any more conflicts--but dselect > insists on changing my selections. Should I just use Q > to override?) Are these by any chance "recommends: " lines? Or actual "conflicts: "? dselect treats recommends like depends, but you should still consider yourself free to use Q to tell it you want to go with your selections, even if they leave out recommended packages. > > 2: Is this worth my time. I'd like to stick with > woody, becuse it has (at least partially) been tested. > But it is sure tempting to just upgrade everyting to > Sid. I'm worried that, even if I do fix the current > conflicts. future apt-get upgrades will cause other > things to break. Should I stick to only one (woody or > sid) or is it possible to mix and match? Don't worry that sid is "untested" - there are plenty of people using it all the time. > > As an unrelated third question, what's the best way to > upgrade the kernel? I would like to move to a 2.4 > kernel if possible. I thought the dist-upgrade to > woody would take care of that, but it looks like I've > still got 2.2. If you don't need to custom-compile one (which it sounds like is the case) simply select kernel-image-2.4.9 for installation from dselect, and follow its guidelines to ensure that you have the proper modutils, etc. -- Vineet http://www.anti-dmca.org Unauthorized use of this .sig may constitute violation of US law. echo Qba\'g gernq ba zr\! |tr 'a-zA-Z' 'n-za-mN-ZA-M'
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