Re: [Sheflug] Another stupid Debian Q.

[Matthew Palmer <nospam [at] ieee.uow.edu.au>]

On Thu, 3 May 2001, Barrie Bremner wrote:

> I'm a little confused as to how I can be selective with an apt-get
> dist upgrade (or whatever the command is).

Basically, a dist-upgrade attempts to retain the same functionality on the
system, working out what packages will do that.  A testimonial: it's never
screwed up for me.

> I'm intending to install 2.2r0 and upgrade that with apt to "Woody" -
> but looking through the package list, I note there are about 3
> different versions of the kernel, a couple of GCC packages (2.95.x and
> a 3.0 snapshot at least) and so on...
> 
> How would I:
> 
> (a) tell apt I want kernel-2.2.x (or better still 2.4.x)

You'd need to install the appropriate kernel package from Spud, then
dist-upgrade from there.  You can't go to a 2.4 off the dist-upgrade - you'd
need to apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.x (for 0 <=x < 5).  If you want to
hit 2.4 direct and not download ki22, copy your 2.2 kernel image to
somewhere else, uninstall ki22, then copy the image back (lilo after). 
That'll give you a kernel to boot off until you install ki24.

> (b) not to grab everything - 56k modems are not built for 6 disk
> downloads!

It'll download a metric arseload as it is - it's effectively a complete
install over a modem.  There are very few (if any) packages unchanged.

> (c) not to bother with things like GCC 3.0-snapsnot :-)

You won't get it unless the equivalent is already installed.  I think the
snapshot has the package name "gcc30" or something.  Unless you've got a
gcc30 package already installed, it won't put another on.  I don't think
there was a gcc30 package in spud, so you should be safe.

> On a similar note, does anyone have a full set of Ximian debs that I
> could get on CD?

Nope.  I don't do Gnome.

I've got a partial mirror of unstable/testing packages if you wanted a burn
of those - about a gig and a half.  Might save you some hassle, though I'm
not entirely sure how you'd actually make it work...

> I would of course pay for CD+postage+a pint for your troubles :-)

You might like to look a little closer to home - postage from here to you is
likely to be a bit costly.

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