On 27 Jan 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote: > Hello everybody, i am currently following the mini howto on how to upgrade > from libc5 to libc6. Everything is going smoothly, up to this point. In > part 3 under development it says to purge libc5 *--dev* I know how to use > dpkg, and there is an option --purge. My question is how do you perge all > of libc5 development packages. Thanking you in advance. > > I think that you have to do it in a fairly manual way. For instance: > > # dpkg -l \*-dev > [...a list of all the -dev packages...] > # dpkg --purge <all-the-packages-listed-above> > > Maybe someone else has an easier way?
Yes, there is now a script a http://stormcrow.ml.org/pub/debian/autoup/autoup.sh that will download all the necessary core packages mentioned in my upgrade howto, remove all the old -dev packages, and install the new stuff in the exact order necessary. -- Scott K. Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.gate.net/~storm/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
