On 12-May-99 Dan Nguyen wrote: > > Yes, running 2.2.x kernel is very helpful. I know that things like > Eterm, and ssh use the new pts/# terminals rather then ttyp#. The > best way to upgrade from slink to potato, is to edit your > /etc/apt/sources.list file, which contains where you get packages via > ftp or http. And change stable (or slink) to potato. Then do a > apt-get update, apt-get upgrade-dist. This might be a problem > however, since libc6-2.1 conflicts with the timezone package. This is > because libc6 now provides timezones. It can be a very complicated mess. > I am glad you mention this timezones problem, because that is exactly what happened to me and I believe it was the reason I went back to Slink.
I was using a 2.0.x kernel and I did not upgrade my entire system, only ld.so, libc6, and gtk I believe. -- Andrew [PGP5.0 Key ID 0x5EE61C37]