On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Janos Bujtar wrote: > I am going to upgrade from libc5 to libc6 with autoup script on a live > machine with bo system (sendmail, apache, etc) ..Is the upgrade this > way safe?
yes, it works well. unfortunately, the ftp functions don't work, so you'll have to download the required packages yourself. (one of these days i'll get around to fixing it. somebody emailed me a while ago and said they had a fix but i don't think they sent me a patch.) anyway, the best way to do that is to download both autoup.sh and autoup.tar.gz (a 7mb file containing all the required .debs) from: http://csanders.vicnet.net.au/autoup/ you'll also find a copy of scott's mini-howto there. read it before running the script. in fact, read the script too before running it. make a subdirectory (e.g. /tmp/autoup) and copy the .sh script and untar autoup.tar.gz into it. then run autoup.sh and tell it to use the current directory. once the script has finished, you'll need to complete the upgrade with dselect. use whichever method you like (ftp or mountable are recommended), but make sure you set it up to use: dists/unstable/main dists/unstable/contrib dists/unstable/non-free craig (author of autoup.sh) -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]