Re: Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?

[Mark Phillips <mark@ist.flinders.edu.au>]

> > Okay, I tried this but got:
> > 
> > # apt-get install apt
> > Updating package status cache...done
> > Checking system integrity...ok
> > Sorry, apt is already the newest version
> > 
> > I think the problem is that the version I installed was
> > apt_0.1.10_i386-libc5.deb whereas the slink version is "0.1.9".  What
> > should I do?
> 
> You need the potato version which is 0.3.2

I'm not sure whether this will work.  The system is currently a libc5
"bo" system.  I want it to become a "slink" system.  I can't just use
dpkg to install the potato version of apt, because it's a libc6
version.  I would need to install potato-apt using apt.  In the
process apt would presumably upgrade the system (correctly) to libc6.
But it would be a "potato" upgrade.  How would I then downgrade back
to slink? --- my ultimate goal.

Mark.


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