Scott Barker writes ("Re: upgrading from 0.93R6 to 1.1 beta"):
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> I assume you mean the dpkg in unstable/binary/base, since I couldn't find any
> "upgrades" directory. BTW, is there an ELF version of dpkg? I only saw an
> a.out version.Yes, there are both a.out and ELF versions. There's been a little bit of confusion about where they live. I've arranged for the a.out dpkg to appear in the new `upgrades' directory (which will appear as soon as the mirrors pick it up), and the ELF dpkg is now in unstable/binary-i386. > > 2. Type `dselect' and go through Access/Update/Select/Install/Remove > > in order. > > Can dftp be used instead? I'd hate to have to download the whole bloody 1.1 > hierarchy across my 14.4 modem... You can download just the packages you're going to install. In fact, if you download just the Packages files and then do all the selection/deselection in dselect you can see which packages dselect is going to want to install. I don't know if dftp (or dpkg-ftp for that matter) support dependencies and/or pre-dependencies (the latter are required for a smooth upgrade to the ELF system). Ian.
