Re: APT/dpkg system within a system (was: Ubuntu... downgrade?)
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Randy Edwards redwa...@golgotha.net wrote: Be warned that it would appear APT does not pass it's root directory setting on to dpkg. Please make sure you file a bug against that with Debian's reportbug command/package or via the Debian.org web site http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting. That should be addressed, doubly so with a release close to going stable. I am pretty sure I would be told the Debian equivalent of This behavior is by design. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: APT/dpkg system within a system
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com wrote: Depending on how many packages you pulled in from sid, you may actually be able to just downgrade them by specifying, e.g.: apt-get install $pkgname/lenny Well, it installed a few hundred packages (which I was expecting), including things like libc and Perl, and now all sorts of stuff is broken, so I'm not even gonna bother trying. I'm actually somewhat surprised the system is still usable at all. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
APT/dpkg system within a system (was: Ubuntu... downgrade?)
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: apt-get -c /usr/unstable/etc/apt/apt.conf update WARNING! Be warned that it would appear APT does not pass it's root directory setting on to dpkg. Attempting to run an install with the above will cause APT to use package sources and dependency information from /usr/unstable/, but then invoke dpkg with the config normally used for the system. As a result, my system is now running some extremely borken combination of packages from lenny and sid. I see a reinstall in my near future. [insert profanity here] -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: APT/dpkg system within a system
Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: apt-get -c /usr/unstable/etc/apt/apt.conf update WARNING! Be warned that it would appear APT does not pass it's root directory setting on to dpkg. Attempting to run an install with the above will cause APT to use package sources and dependency information from /usr/unstable/, but then invoke dpkg with the config normally used for the system. As a result, my system is now running some extremely borken combination of packages from lenny and sid. I see a reinstall in my near future. Depending on how many packages you pulled in from sid, you may actually be able to just downgrade them by specifying, e.g.: apt-get install $pkgname/lenny -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
