Package: upgrade-reports [NOTE: This duplicates some information in report #310005; I'm still filing as a separate bug because I think the specific issue (aptitude missing in woody for mips(el)) is sigificant enough to warrant separate attention. Feel free to close this bug if/when issue raised in this/#310005 are addressed somehow -- even if it's just duplicating the recommended approach from #310005 into the mips(el) Sarge release notes.]
Archive date: Wed May 25 19:00:01 UTC 2005 Upgrade date: 2005/05/26 16:00:00 +1200 uname -a: Linux cobalt-linux 2.4.26 #2 Tue Apr 27 13:29:20 NZST 2004 mips unknown Method: Attempted to upgrade with aptitude following instructions here http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/mipsel/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html Unfortunately I didn't get very far with my attempt to upgrade my Cobalt box (running Debian Linux, Woody, installed following Paul Martin's instructions from a few years ago). One of the first instructions (after "make a backup") is: -=- cut here -=- First the aptitude package needs to be installed. This is done with: apt-get install aptitude Provided that you have a working APT configuration this will install the woody version of aptitude. -=- cut here -=- Unfortunately this isn't possible on a mips(el) architecture. -=- cut here -=- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install aptitude Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Couldn't find package aptitude [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ -=- cut here -=- There is no aptitude package for mips prior to the 0.2.15.9-2 (from Sarge). Eg, from ftp.debian.org: -=- cut here -=- ftp> cd debian/pool/main 250 Directory successfully changed. ftp> cd a/aptitude 250 Directory successfully changed. ftp> ls *mips* 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV. 150 Here comes the directory listing. -rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 1932216 Apr 09 18:47 aptitude_0.2.15.9-2_mips.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 1922778 Apr 07 18:32 aptitude_0.2.15.9-2_mipsel.deb 226 Directory send OK. -=- cut here -=- Version in Woody on, eg, i386 is -=- cut here -=- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ apt-cache show aptitude | grep Version Version: 0.2.11.1-4 -=- cut here -=- At a guess that is due to bug #84935 ("g++ fails to compile aptitude on the mips architecture"), which is marked as Normal/Resolved, as of a month ago. Apparently not resolved in time to get a version into Woody, even with the most recent Debian Woody minor-release (which IIRC did include an aptitude update in order to make Woody->Sarge updates easier; but not for mips(el) it seems). I see there is one last Debian Woody mini-release planned: http://people.debian.org/~joey/3.0r6/ but it doesn't include aptitude at this stage. It seems to me that either: (a) aptitude should be built for Woody on all Sarge architectures, and included in 3.0r6; or (b) on those architectures where aptitude isn't available (ie, mips(el)) the release notes should provide alternative instructions on upgrading (eg, using apt-get cautiously, or perhaps doing enough of the upgrade to pull in aptitude from Sarge then using aptitude). I'm sure that I can figure out some way to upgrade this system to Sarge even if neither of those are done (I've backported enough packages myself for one thing; and done Debian upgrades since Bo without using aptitude), but in the interests of accurate documention it seems something worth addressing. Ewen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
