Re: Allow apt to remove "getty"?? (was: Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?)

1999-03-29 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Mark Phillips wrote: > Now I am trying to do an apt-get upgrade of the system to slink. But > I get the following error: > > WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed > This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! > getty > 235 pack

Re: Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?

1999-03-29 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Mark Phillips wrote: > I'm not sure whether this will work. The system is currently a libc5 > "bo" system. I want it to become a "slink" system. I can't just use > dpkg to install the potato version of apt, because it's a libc6 > version. I would need to install potato-ap

Allow apt to remove "getty"?? (was: Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?)

1999-03-29 Thread Mark Phillips
> > > # apt-get install apt > > > Updating package status cache...done > > > Checking system integrity...ok > > > Sorry, apt is already the newest version > > > > > > I think the problem is that the version I installed was > > > apt_0.1.10_i386-libc5.deb whereas the slink version is "0.1.9". What

Re: Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?

1999-03-29 Thread Mark Phillips
> > Okay, I tried this but got: > > > > # apt-get install apt > > Updating package status cache...done > > Checking system integrity...ok > > Sorry, apt is already the newest version > > > > I think the problem is that the version I installed was > > apt_0.1.10_i386-libc5.deb whereas the slink ve

Re: Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?

1999-03-29 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Mark Phillips wrote: > Okay, I tried this but got: > > # apt-get install apt > Updating package status cache...done > Checking system integrity...ok > Sorry, apt is already the newest version > > I think the problem is that the version I installed was > apt_0.1.10_i386-libc

Re: Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?

1999-03-29 Thread Mark Phillips
> Yes, the old APT did not put an arch string and full version on the file > so it won't read a new apt cache. The best bet is to use APT to install > the new APT from slink, manually renaming the files if you have to and > then install the potato APT. Okay, I tried this but got: # apt-get insta

Re: Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?

1999-03-29 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Mark Phillips wrote: > Presumably this older apt doesn't stick a "_i386" on the end of > packages whereas the newer apt does. Hence the older apt doesn't > realize that all the packages have already been downloaded. Yes, the old APT did not put an arch string and full versi

Re: Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?

1999-03-29 Thread Mark Phillips
> On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Mark Phillips wrote: > > > My second best option is to use nfs to symlink the laptop's > > /var/cache/apt/archives to the desktop's. This might work --- the > > only problem here is that dselect-apt decides to delete all the files > > in the cache! How can I turn this off?

Re: Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?

1999-03-25 Thread Mike Merten
On Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 11:55:47AM -0600, Mike Merten wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 11:12:37PM +1030, Mark Phillips wrote: > > I have installed Slink on my desktop using apt. It downloaded a whole > > lot of package files to do this (but dselect, I think, has now deleted > > them). > > > > Now

Re: Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?

1999-03-24 Thread Alexander Stavitsky
On Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 11:02:34AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Mark Phillips wrote: > > > My second best option is to use nfs to symlink the laptop's > > /var/cache/apt/archives to the desktop's. This might work --- the > > only problem here is that dselect-apt decides

Re: Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?

1999-03-24 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Mark Phillips wrote: > My second best option is to use nfs to symlink the laptop's > /var/cache/apt/archives to the desktop's. This might work --- the > only problem here is that dselect-apt decides to delete all the files > in the cache! How can I turn this off??? This ac

Re: Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?

1999-03-24 Thread Mike Merten
On Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 11:12:37PM +1030, Mark Phillips wrote: > I have installed Slink on my desktop using apt. It downloaded a whole > lot of package files to do this (but dselect, I think, has now deleted > them). > > Now I have a laptop which needs to be upgraded to Slink. It would > appear

Re: Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?

1999-03-24 Thread Charles C. Fu
Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have installed Slink on my desktop using apt Now I have a > laptop which needs to be upgraded to Slink. It would appear that > I'm going to have to download all these files again! The simplest way to avoid multiple downloads is to use a caching p

Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?

1999-03-24 Thread Mark Phillips
I have installed Slink on my desktop using apt. It downloaded a whole lot of package files to do this (but dselect, I think, has now deleted them). Now I have a laptop which needs to be upgraded to Slink. It would appear that I'm going to have to download all these files again! What would be ni