Re: Stupid package installer wanted: uppity robots need not apply
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:09:17PM -0500, Burton Windle wrote: dpkg? dpkg -i filename.deb Not even close. For instance: PKGLIST=modutils- another+ another2+ apt-get -y install $PKGLIST will fail. If you you do it at the lower level: PKGLIST1=modutils for $pkg in $PKGLIST1; do dpkg --purge $pkg yes done PKGLIST2=another.deb another2.deb for $pkg in $PKGLIST1; do You probably mean $PKGLIST2 here, as written it reinstalls modutils. dpkg --install $pkg yes done will also fail to remove modutils. I've just been chatting with BDale and he suggested I talk to people on debian-boot as there actually is no current good hands-off option. -- -- IN MY NAME:Dale Amon, CEO/MD No Mushroom clouds over Islandone Society London and New York. www.islandone.org -- If you are desperate you could always extract the package yourself and install it by hand, but that is probably not what you wanted: $ ar -t mpage_2.5.3-1_i386.deb debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.gz $ ar -x mpage_2.5.3-1_i386.deb $ cat debian-binary 2.0 $ tar ztf control.tar.gz ./ ./md5sums ./control $ tar zxf control.tar.gz $ cat control Package: mpage Version: 2.5.3-1 Section: text Priority: optional Architecture: i386 ... $ cat md5sums 7892f5b1dd260b1ac7b55ec327ffb6dd usr/lib/mpage/CP850.PC ... f6f1f0f1975ee35e54b4ce0438a8053b usr/share/doc/mpage/changelog.Debian.gz $ tar ztf data.tar.gz ./ ./usr/ ./usr/lib/ ./usr/lib/mpage/ ./usr/lib/mpage/CP850.PC ... ./usr/share/doc/mpage/TODO.gz ./usr/share/doc/mpage/changelog.Debian.gz Dale Amon [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:37:08 +: ... No add the following 10 switches to force that action. ... dpkg -i --force-all $@ One switch to force that action. Regards, /Karl --- Karl HammarAspö Data [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lilla Aspö 2340Networks S-742 94 Östhammar +46 173 140 57 Computers Sweden +46 70 511 97 84 Consulting --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Stupid package installer wanted: uppity robots need not apply
dpkg? dpkg -i filename.deb Not even close. For instance: You may want to look at anna and udpkg, maybe. regards, junichi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Stupid package installer wanted: uppity robots need not apply
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:09:17PM -0500, Burton Windle wrote: dpkg? dpkg -i filename.deb Not even close. For instance: PKGLIST=modutils- another+ another2+ apt-get -y install $PKGLIST will fail. If you you do it at the lower level: PKGLIST1=modutils for $pkg in $PKGLIST1; do dpkg --purge $pkg yes done PKGLIST2=another.deb another2.deb for $pkg in $PKGLIST1; do You probably mean $PKGLIST2 here, as written it reinstalls modutils. dpkg --install $pkg yes done will also fail to remove modutils. I've just been chatting with BDale and he suggested I talk to people on debian-boot as there actually is no current good hands-off option. -- -- IN MY NAME:Dale Amon, CEO/MD No Mushroom clouds over Islandone Society London and New York. www.islandone.org -- If you are desperate you could always extract the package yourself and install it by hand, but that is probably not what you wanted: $ ar -t mpage_2.5.3-1_i386.deb debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.gz $ ar -x mpage_2.5.3-1_i386.deb $ cat debian-binary 2.0 $ tar ztf control.tar.gz ./ ./md5sums ./control $ tar zxf control.tar.gz $ cat control Package: mpage Version: 2.5.3-1 Section: text Priority: optional Architecture: i386 ... $ cat md5sums 7892f5b1dd260b1ac7b55ec327ffb6dd usr/lib/mpage/CP850.PC ... f6f1f0f1975ee35e54b4ce0438a8053b usr/share/doc/mpage/changelog.Debian.gz $ tar ztf data.tar.gz ./ ./usr/ ./usr/lib/ ./usr/lib/mpage/ ./usr/lib/mpage/CP850.PC ... ./usr/share/doc/mpage/TODO.gz ./usr/share/doc/mpage/changelog.Debian.gz Dale Amon [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:37:08 +: ... No add the following 10 switches to force that action. ... dpkg -i --force-all $@ One switch to force that action. Regards, /Karl --- Karl HammarAspö Data [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lilla Aspö 2340Networks S-742 94 Östhammar +46 173 140 57 Computers Sweden +46 70 511 97 84 Consulting ---
Re: Stupid package installer wanted: uppity robots need not apply
dpkg? dpkg -i filename.deb Not even close. For instance: You may want to look at anna and udpkg, maybe. regards, junichi
Re: Stupid package installer wanted: uppity robots need not apply
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:09:17PM -0500, Burton Windle wrote: dpkg? dpkg -i filename.deb Not even close. For instance: PKGLIST=modutils- another+ another2+ apt-get -y install $PKGLIST will fail. If you you do it at the lower level: PKGLIST1=modutils for $pkg in $PKGLIST1; do dpkg --purge $pkg yes done PKGLIST2=another.deb another2.deb for $pkg in $PKGLIST1; do dpkg --install $pkg yes done will also fail to remove modutils. I've just been chatting with BDale and he suggested I talk to people on debian-boot as there actually is no current good hands-off option. -- -- IN MY NAME:Dale Amon, CEO/MD No Mushroom clouds over Islandone Society London and New York. www.islandone.org -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Stupid package installer wanted: uppity robots need not apply
On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 18:31, Dale Amon wrote: PKGLIST2=another.deb another2.deb for $pkg in $PKGLIST1; do ^ - I think the problem is right there ;) dpkg --install $pkg yes done --Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Stupid package installer wanted: uppity robots need not apply
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 01:11:10AM +0100, Christopher Taylor wrote: On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 18:31, Dale Amon wrote: PKGLIST2=another.deb another2.deb for $pkg in $PKGLIST1; do ^ - I think the problem is right there ;) dpkg --install $pkg yes done No, that's just metacode I wrote up to explain what I'm doing. The reality is happening within X hook scripts in pbuilder. I can also reproduce the problem manually with specific packages that are ill behaved wrt to de novo builds of base.tgz files. The error above was just a typo when I invented the above rough explanation of what is going on. In any case, I'm taking the thread to debian-boot as that seems to be more appropriate since I got around the debsigs problem which *was* a relevent question here. -- -- IN MY NAME:Dale Amon, CEO/MD No Mushroom clouds over Islandone Society London and New York. www.islandone.org -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Stupid package installer wanted: uppity robots need not apply
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:09:17PM -0500, Burton Windle wrote: dpkg? dpkg -i filename.deb Not even close. For instance: PKGLIST=modutils- another+ another2+ apt-get -y install $PKGLIST will fail. If you you do it at the lower level: PKGLIST1=modutils for $pkg in $PKGLIST1; do dpkg --purge $pkg yes done PKGLIST2=another.deb another2.deb for $pkg in $PKGLIST1; do dpkg --install $pkg yes done will also fail to remove modutils. I've just been chatting with BDale and he suggested I talk to people on debian-boot as there actually is no current good hands-off option. -- -- IN MY NAME:Dale Amon, CEO/MD No Mushroom clouds over Islandone Society London and New York. www.islandone.org --
Re: Stupid package installer wanted: uppity robots need not apply
On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 18:31, Dale Amon wrote: PKGLIST2=another.deb another2.deb for $pkg in $PKGLIST1; do ^ - I think the problem is right there ;) dpkg --install $pkg yes done --Chris
Re: Stupid package installer wanted: uppity robots need not apply
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 01:11:10AM +0100, Christopher Taylor wrote: On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 18:31, Dale Amon wrote: PKGLIST2=another.deb another2.deb for $pkg in $PKGLIST1; do ^ - I think the problem is right there ;) dpkg --install $pkg yes done No, that's just metacode I wrote up to explain what I'm doing. The reality is happening within X hook scripts in pbuilder. I can also reproduce the problem manually with specific packages that are ill behaved wrt to de novo builds of base.tgz files. The error above was just a typo when I invented the above rough explanation of what is going on. In any case, I'm taking the thread to debian-boot as that seems to be more appropriate since I got around the debsigs problem which *was* a relevent question here. -- -- IN MY NAME:Dale Amon, CEO/MD No Mushroom clouds over Islandone Society London and New York. www.islandone.org --
