Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-20 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 08:17:49PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: On Wednesday 18 May 2005 02:47, Steve Langasek wrote: Is there a difference in packages removed if you run aptitude install aptitude instead of aptitude install aptitude dpkg? I don't see any reason why dpkg needs to be upgraded

Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
I agree with Steve. Just add perl to the list. Who the heck would have removed perl anyway? When I have a chance, I'll try upgrading my system and see how it goes. Andrew Donnellan On 5/20/05, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 08:17:49PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:

Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-19 Thread Andreas Barth
* Bernd Eckenfels ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050517 03:35]: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: 2. change the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to stable I wish all documentation is using the distribution names not the symbolic names. If you put stable in a file this will cause major trouble a

Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-19 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 18 May 2005 02:47, Steve Langasek wrote: Is there a difference in packages removed if you run aptitude install aptitude instead of aptitude install aptitude dpkg? I don't see any reason why dpkg needs to be upgraded first, unlike aptitude. No, makes no real difference. I still

Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-17 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 05:58:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: Long version: The current version of the release notes tells users to (simplified): 1. apt-get install aptitude 2. change the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to stable 3. aptitude update In my test a few days ago I had to use apt-get

Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-17 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 07:28:05AM -0500, Bill Allombert wrote: retitle 309357 woody aptitude update can fail quit On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 01:45:14PM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 05:58:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: Long version: The current version of the

Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-17 Thread Bill Allombert
retitle 309357 woody aptitude update can fail quit On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 01:45:14PM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 05:58:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: Long version: The current version of the release notes tells users to (simplified): 1. apt-get install aptitude

Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-17 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 16 May 2005 17:58, Frans Pop wrote: Should users first upgrade dpkg and aptitude before upgrading the rest of the system or can the upgrade safely be done using Woody's version of the package tools? From the reactions to this thread and a thread on #309340 [1], the consensus seems

Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-17 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: 1. Check that /etc/apt/sources.list points to woody 2. apt-get update 3. apt-get install aptitude perhaps use --reinstall or aptitude/woody to force downgrade? 4. change the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to sarge 5. apt-get update 6. aptitude

Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-17 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Frans, On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 12:31:29AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: On Monday 16 May 2005 17:58, Frans Pop wrote: Should users first upgrade dpkg and aptitude before upgrading the rest of the system or can the upgrade safely be done using Woody's version of the package tools? From the

[Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-16 Thread Frans Pop
Short version: Should users first upgrade dpkg and aptitude before upgrading the rest of the system or can the upgrade safely be done using Woody's version of the package tools? Long version: The current version of the release notes tells users to (simplified): 1. apt-get install aptitude 2.

Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-16 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 05:58:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: Short version: Should users first upgrade dpkg and aptitude before upgrading the rest of the system or can the upgrade safely be done using Woody's version of the package tools? Long version: The current version of the release

Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-16 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Adrian Bunk [Mon, 16 May 2005 18:14:20 +0200]: On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 05:58:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: The current version of the release notes tells users to (simplified): 1. apt-get install aptitude 2. change the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to stable 3. aptitude update 4.

Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-16 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 07:44:37PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: * Adrian Bunk [Mon, 16 May 2005 18:14:20 +0200]: On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 05:58:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: The current version of the release notes tells users to (simplified): 1. apt-get install aptitude 2. change the

Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-16 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 07:44:37PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: 1. apt-get install aptitude 2. change the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to stable 3. aptitude update 4. aptitude install aptitude dpkg 5. aptitude -f --with-recommends dist-upgrade 0. change the

Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-16 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 08:12:04PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 07:44:37PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: ... Note that in (4), the command is aptitude, not apt-get. Does this make any difference? ... It does. My fault, I confused (4) with (3). cu Adrian --

Re: [Release Notes] Use Woody's or Sarge's aptitude for upgrades?

2005-05-16 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: 2. change the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to stable I wish all documentation is using the distribution names not the symbolic names. If you put stable in a file this will cause major trouble a few years later. Beside it is unclear to the reader when