I have searched the Debian web page and the ftp hierarchy and been unable to find any instructions on upgrading to 1.2 from 1.1, except for a cryptic sentence in the README in the upgrades directory -- the rest of the documentation there is outdated. What to do with the files mentioned in the README as relevant to this upgrade is unclear. The mail archives of debian-user are broken or at least out of date, so please pardon me if this is a recent FAQ.
Is there a way to use dpkg-ftp to do the upgrade? An older version of dpkg-ftp than is now available used to work with 1.1, but it broke itself by unpacking of a newer version of itself (1.4.5). I could raid my backups for the old dpkg-ftp that works, but perhaps there is an easier way. The new dpkg-ftp requires an updated dpkg, which requires an updated libc5 and ldso, which is getting too dangerous, so I won't attempt this by hand without instructions. I realize it would be safe to download all of the base dir and manually install it, but again this is surely more work than necessary. I don't think I am on this mailing list, so please reply accordingly. Matt Swift -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]