Re: Right way to sync
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Singer) wrote on 04.10.98 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What is the *right* way to sync to slink (or any other distribution)? > I looked into dftp and found that it seems more like a method for > installing new packages than keeping in sync with the most recent > versions. > > The main thing I'm trying to avoid the duplicate package install > problem. For example, dselect gets very confused when I have more > than one package version present in my distribution directory. It > installes the lower numbered one first and then goes through the > successive versions upgrading. This caused a problem with X, for > example, when some of the files moved and the uninstall scripts > weren't clever enough to handle the soft links. Install apt. Then use dselect's apt method. That one doesn't get confused with multiple versions. It also doesn't have the "do multiple tries until everything installs" problem, at least as long as no package is broken. MfG Kai
Re: Right way to sync
On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 11:50:19AM +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > >> "MS" == Marc Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > MS> What is the *right* way to sync to slink (or any other distribution)? > MS> I looked into dftp and found that it seems more like a method for > MS> installing new packages than keeping in sync with the most recent > MS> versions. > > apt-get update && apt-get upgrade should do the trick. hmm why upgrade? I always use dist-upgrade for this functionfrom the man page: dist-upgrade dist-upgrade, in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages; apt-get has a "smart" con- flict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less impor- tant ones if necessary. The /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations from which to retrieve desired package files. also...since it is a fulll update: apt-get update && apt-get -fy dist-upgrade I dunno...just my $.02 ..its how id recommend doing it ;) -Steve -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux"
Re: Right way to sync
>> "MS" == Marc Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MS> What is the *right* way to sync to slink (or any other distribution)? MS> I looked into dftp and found that it seems more like a method for MS> installing new packages than keeping in sync with the most recent MS> versions. apt-get update && apt-get upgrade should do the trick. Ciao, Martin
Re: Right way to sync
Marc Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What is the *right* way to sync to slink (or any other distribution)? > I looked into dftp and found that it seems more like a method for > installing new packages than keeping in sync with the most recent > versions. > > The main thing I'm trying to avoid the duplicate package install > problem. For example, dselect gets very confused when I have more > than one package version present in my distribution directory. It > installes the lower numbered one first and then goes through the > successive versions upgrading. This caused a problem with X, for > example, when some of the files moved and the uninstall scripts > weren't clever enough to handle the soft links. Marc, when you've solved this, would you mind helping me getting it documented in the Developer's Reference. I'd love to have some instructions for mirroring documented officially; I think the ftp maintainers would love it too... BTW, on 18 Sept Jason Gunthorp posted to this list some basic instructions. You should track that down in the list archives. .A. P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onShore.com/>
