Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

Ante Karamatić wrote: > U Ned, 01. 03. 2009., u 10:41 -0500, sean darcy je napisao/la: > >> Well it seems more complicated than that. See: > > That description there is wrong. I'll contact someone to fix it. The > 'cookbook' I described works, it's not a random guess. It's a conclusion > on basis

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

U Ned, 01. 03. 2009., u 12:30 -0500, Jim Tarvid je napisao/la: > What is wrong with updating sources.list and simnply doing apt-get > dist-upgrade? do-release-manager handles some issues which can't be handled trough packages. For example, /etc/fstab isn't a part of any package, so (iirc) device

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

What is wrong with updating sources.list and simnply doing apt-get dist-upgrade? On 3/1/09, Ante Karamatić wrote: > U Ned, 01. 03. 2009., u 02:36 +0100, Sebastien Estienne je napisao/la: > >> why not just patching the python code of do-release-upgrade to >> skip/modify the part of the code that i

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

U Ned, 01. 03. 2009., u 02:36 +0100, Sebastien Estienne je napisao/la: > why not just patching the python code of do-release-upgrade to > skip/modify the part of the code that is wrong? If locales would support locale named 'old-releases.', then exporting LANG="old-releases." and running do-relea

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

U Ned, 01. 03. 2009., u 10:41 -0500, sean darcy je napisao/la: > Well it seems more complicated than that. See: That description there is wrong. I'll contact someone to fix it. The 'cookbook' I described works, it's not a random guess. It's a conclusion on basis of a code review of update-manager

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

Ante Karamatić wrote: > U Ned, 01. 03. 2009., u 09:41 +0100, Ante Karamatić je napisao/la: > >> 6. follow the instructions on the screen > > Oh, lol: > > 1. rm -rf /tmp/tmp* > 2. run do-release-upgrade (it will fail) > 3. rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/prerequists-sources.list > 4. cd /tmp/tmp(some

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

U Ned, 01. 03. 2009., u 09:41 +0100, Ante Karamatić je napisao/la: > 6. follow the instructions on the screen Oh, lol: 1. rm -rf /tmp/tmp* 2. run do-release-upgrade (it will fail) 3. rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/prerequists-sources.list 4. cd /tmp/tmp(some random string) 5. edit prerequists-source

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

U Sub, 28. 02. 2009., u 14:46 -0500, sean darcy je napisao/la: > Thanks. In the mean time I've think I've narrowed it down. So, the workaround would be: 1. rm -rf /tmp/tmp* 2. run do-release-upgrade (it will fail) 3. rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/prerequists-sources.list 4. cd /tmp/(some random str

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

why not just patching the python code of do-release-upgrade to skip/modify the part of the code that is wrong? by the way, it is easier to use "chattr -i myfile", than creating a filesystem to mount it readonly :) Sebastien Estienne On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 00:29, sean darcy wrote: > TJ wrote:

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

TJ wrote: > On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 17:06 -0500, sean darcy wrote: > >>> It'll overwrite whatever is there. And, of course, >>> us.archive.ubuntu.com does have feisty. >>> >> And, of course, us.archive.ubuntu.com does _NOT_ have feisty > > > Sean, how about using a read-only file system to preve

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 17:06 -0500, sean darcy wrote: > > It'll overwrite whatever is there. And, of course, > > us.archive.ubuntu.com does have feisty. > > > > And, of course, us.archive.ubuntu.com does _NOT_ have feisty Sean, how about using a read-only file system to prevent the unwanted c

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

sean darcy wrote: > Ante Karamatić wrote: >> U Sub, 28. 02. 2009., u 13:03 -0500, sean darcy je napisao/la: >> >>> I don't understand why it tries to use //us.archive.ubuntu.com. >> I've just installed feisty in my virtual system, and I'll be able to >> check upgrade problems in couple of hours. So

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

sean darcy wrote: > Ante Karamatić wrote: >> U Sub, 28. 02. 2009., u 13:03 -0500, sean darcy je napisao/la: >> >>> I don't understand why it tries to use //us.archive.ubuntu.com. >> I've just installed feisty in my virtual system, and I'll be able to >> check upgrade problems in couple of hours. So

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

Victor Padro wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 10:11 AM, sean darcy > wrote: > > I have running an asterisk voip server on 7.04. I want to upgrade to a > current release. I understand I need first to upgrade to 7.10. I > followed the instructions on >

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

Ante Karamatić wrote: > U Sub, 28. 02. 2009., u 13:03 -0500, sean darcy je napisao/la: > >> I don't understand why it tries to use //us.archive.ubuntu.com. > > I've just installed feisty in my virtual system, and I'll be able to > check upgrade problems in couple of hours. So, get back later for

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 10:11 AM, sean darcy wrote: > I have running an asterisk voip server on 7.04. I want to upgrade to a > current release. I understand I need first to upgrade to 7.10. I > followed the instructions on > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GutsyUpgrades > > I included the old-r

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

U Sub, 28. 02. 2009., u 13:03 -0500, sean darcy je napisao/la: > I don't understand why it tries to use //us.archive.ubuntu.com. I've just installed feisty in my virtual system, and I'll be able to check upgrade problems in couple of hours. So, get back later for information. -- ubuntu-server

Re: trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

sean darcy wrote: > I have running an asterisk voip server on 7.04. I want to upgrade to a > current release. I understand I need first to upgrade to 7.10. I > followed the instructions on > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GutsyUpgrades > > I included the old-releases repos to sources.list, a

trouble updating 7.04 -> 7.10

I have running an asterisk voip server on 7.04. I want to upgrade to a current release. I understand I need first to upgrade to 7.10. I followed the instructions on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GutsyUpgrades I included the old-releases repos to sources.list, and commented out the original