On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> The autoup.sh script is also broken on the Official CD, so CheapBytes
> didn't do anything different there either. They have also been
> very helpful in providing a "fixed" version of autoup.sh to their
> customers.
would be nice if they had sent me a copy of their fixed version so i could
fold their changes into my version.
(of course, they're not obligated to. the script is public domain.)
BTW, i have a new version, 0.32. versions 0.29 to 0.31 never got
released - i had been waiting for user feedback before releasing it.
anyway, this new version fixes a few bugs and I *hope* it can work even
in cases where all the packages which have to be removed and upgraded
are on "Hold" status. i didn't know about the --force-hold argument to
dpkg until today.
the new version is available from the usual sites, including
http://debian.vicnet.net.au/autoup/ and http://taz.net.au/autoup/ and
various mirror sites.
changelogs from 0.29-0.32:
v0.29: 1998-08-15 (Craig Sanders)
- changed all directory references from 'frozen' to 'stable'
- fixed PKGS_NET problem (should have been $PKGS_NETBASE and $PKGS_NETSTD)
- changed RMFILE to "/root/autoup.removed-$DATE"
- fixed search for bo dpkg (for buzz upgrades). dpkg 1.4.0.8 lives in
.../debian/dists/stable/main/upgrade-i386 now. note: still doesn't work for
ftp upgrade. TODO.
- fixed $FTP_DIR_2
- changed "^ii" search pattern to "^.i" when searching for installed -dev pkgs
v0.30: 1998-08-15 (Craig Sanders)
- really changed "^ii" search pattern to "^.i"
v0.31: 1998-08-27 (Craig Sanders)
- --force-hold added to $DPKG_ARGS and to the "$DPKG --remove" line
v0.32: 1998-08-27 (Craig Sanders)
- changed the displayed packages list as noted by Rob Hilliard.
the diff between 0.28 and 0.32 is as follows:
---cut here---
--- autoup.sh 1998/07/23 09:46:14 0.28
+++ autoup.sh 1998/08/27 05:20:40 0.32
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# upgrade a libc5 (bo) machine to libc6 (hamm).
#
-# $Id: autoup.sh,v 0.28 1998/07/23 09:46:14 root Exp $
+# $Id: autoup.sh,v 0.32 1998/08/27 05:20:40 root Exp $
#
# based on Scott Ellis' excellent "Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO"
# document at http://www.gate.net/~storm/FAQ/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.html
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@
#DPKG="echo dpkg"
#LDCONFIG="echo ldconfig"
-DPKG_ARGS="-iBE --force-overwrite"
+DPKG_ARGS="-iBE --force-overwrite --force-hold"
DATE=$(date +%m%d-%T)
ARCH="binary-$(dpkg --print-installation-architecture)"
FTP_SITE_1="ftp.debian.org"
FTP_DIR_1="debian/hamm/hamm/$ARCH"
FTP_SITE_2="ftp.infodrom.north.de"
-FTP_DIR_2="pub/debian/hamm/hamm/$ARCH"
+FTP_DIR_2="/pub/debian/hamm/hamm/$ARCH"
# package variables
@@ -93,8 +93,10 @@
current directory:
ldso, libc5, libc6, timezones, locales, ncurses3.0, ncurses3.4,
-libreadline2, libreadlineg2, bash, libg++272, dpkg, dpkg-dev,
-dpkg-ftp, dpkg-mountable, libgdbm1, libgdbmg1, perl-base, and perl.
+libreadline2, libreadlineg2, bash, libg++27, libg++272,
+libstdc++2.8, dpkg, dpkg-dev, slang0.99.34, slang0.99.38, libgdbm1,
+libgdbmg1, perl-base, perl, data-dumper, libnet-perl, dpkg-ftp,
+dpkg-mountable, netbase, netstd.
If you are using a mirror, press 'm'.
If you need to download the files via FTP, press 'f'.
@@ -113,10 +115,10 @@
# ask where the mirror is (this could do with some error checking)
echo
echo "enter the full path to your local mirror of debian: "
-echo "e.g. /debian/dists/frozen/main/$ARCH/"
+echo "e.g. /debian/dists/stable/main/$ARCH/"
echo
-TRY="/debian/dists/frozen/main/$ARCH
~ftp/debian/dists/frozen/main/$ARCH ../$ARCH"
+TRY="/debian/dists/stable/main/$ARCH
~ftp/debian/dists/stable/main/$ARCH ../$ARCH"
for i in $TRY ; do
if [ -d $i ] ; then
DEFAULT=$i
@@ -248,7 +250,9 @@
PKGS_PERLBASE=$( echo "$PKGS_PERLBASE" | sed -e "$SEDSCRIPT" )
PKGS_PERL=$( echo "$PKGS_PERL" | sed -e "$SEDSCRIPT" )
PKGS_MOREDPKG=$( echo "$PKGS_MOREDPKG" | sed -e "$SEDSCRIPT" )
-PKGS_NET=$( echo "$PKGS_NET" | sed -e "$SEDSCRIPT" )
+PKGS_NETBASE=$( echo "$PKGS_NETBASE" | sed -e "$SEDSCRIPT" )
+PKGS_NETSTD=$( echo "$PKGS_NETSTD" | sed -e "$SEDSCRIPT" )
+
echo "checking that all needed files are available..."
# sanity check that we can find the packages
@@ -295,10 +299,24 @@
DPKG_VER=$(dpkg -s dpkg | grep Version: | awk '{print $2}')
DPKG_MINOR=$(echo $DPKG_VER | awk -F"." '{print $2}')
+# uncomment for testing
+#DPKG_MINOR=3
+
+# bo dpkg is now in /debian/dists/stable/main/upgrade-i386/dpkg_1.4.0.8.deb
+# a quick hack to s=binary-i386/base=upgrade-i386= should fix it.
+#
+# actually, that sucks and this whole section should be rewritten. it
+# doesn't work for ftp upgrades anywayit assumes that bo dpkg is
+# available on a local disk. i'm tempted to just delete all this stuff.
+# maybe the best thing to do is still check for bo, but don't do
+# anything excep
