On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 08:41:37PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 08:32:29PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 02:25:24AM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 01:15:04PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > Could you try updating to Potato first? That way, you won't be > > > > making such a huge version leap in almost every bit of software > > > > in one step. > > > > This is definitely the recommended option... > > > > > Would I not then need a set of Potato CDs? (Doing it over dialup is > > > not an option...) > > > > > > But I can't upgrade to anything if apt-get update is gonna segfault on > > > me! > > > > Upgrade apt and dpkg first, before you try anything else. apt would > > have undergone enormouse changes in the, what, 3 years between slink and > > woody. Anyhoo, give that a shot...if that still doesn't work (and I'd > > imagine you'll have further difficulties later on...), upgrade debconf > > and other important looking things first as well. > > On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 23:30:34 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > Just guessing, but maybe it's segfaulting because some data or other > > has changed format and is barfing apt. Thus, "old data" may not > > cause the problems? > > > > Also, maybe it would just be best to do a fresh install, and promise > > yourself that you'll never get so far behind again? > > Possibly... it handles my single slink CD OK. > > I tried upgrading apt first, but of course it required me to upgrade > the @$?% C libraries... which breaks every other piece of software on > the system... which is why I'd wanted apt to upgrade it all in one > hit, to avoid this, which I'd gathered it could cope with. Maybe I > expect too much. > > So I took a deep breath, hid my existing system in a /oldstuff > directory, and installed woody afresh... pretty smooth, congrats to > the Debian team. No real problems apart from some things like exim and > jed changing the syntax and location of their config files, so > transferring my old configs wasn't totally hack-free. Oh yes, and > svgatextmode didn't work properly - the cursor didn't wrap to a new > line when typing in a long command - so I reinstalled the old one. > > It's a cloud with a silver lining; it gives me a system which I am > better able to clear of accumulated cruft. >
The directions you were given to upgrade apt and the problem you encountered rang a bell so I dug around a bit and found the information. There were static versions of apt and dpkg in the potato tree (in debian/dists/potato/main/upgrade-i386/), which were prepared specifically for upgrading from slink to potato. The use of these would have avoided the C library conflict and allowed the system to be upgraded, although it wouldn't have helped with the old config files and other cruft. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
