Why do I have this feeling that I just dodged a bullet? A big _Thank_ You to all who answered my 'Paranoid's Question' post from yesterday!
montefin Bob Nielsen wrote: > > Those who run woody should probably subscribe to the debian-devel list. > There was a warning about the db2 problem (not that it stopped me from > upgrading). 8^( > > Today there have been messages on debian-devel about several programs > that have exhibited problems are in the process of being recompiled > with the new libs. Hopefully it will be safe to go back into the water > soon. > > In the meantime, I (and presumably) several others are limping along > with partly broken systems. > > I recall similar difficulties with potato. > > Bob > > On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 01:58:39PM -0600, montefin wrote: > > Hi, I'm in a somewhat similar situation to Bryan (below), except I > > didn't upgrade. > > > > My last woody upgrade was about a week and a half ago. Luckily, I posted > > the 'Paranoid's Question' to this list yesterday (9/26 at 18:54 MDT) > > just before attempting another upgrade. > > > > The cautionary replies I received, re: libc6 upgrade, led me to hold off > > hitting the ENTER key. > > > > This morning, of course, I'm glad I waited and feel bad for those who > > ran into difficulties. > > > > I just ran: > > > > dpkg --status libc6 libc6-dev [which returned current versions as > > 2.1.3-10] > > dpkg --status libdb2 libdb2++ [which returned current versions as > > 2:2.7.7-2] > > dpkg --status xlib6 xlib6g xlib6g-dev [which returned current versions > > as 3.3.6-10] > > dpkg --status ldso [which returned a current version of 1.9.11-9] > > > > Then I ran > > > > apt-get update > > apt-get --simulate upgrade > > > > And got a preview that would upgrade 51 packages, including > > > > libc6 > > libc6-dev > > libdb2 > > libdb2++ > > xlib6 > > xlib6g > > xlib6g-dev > > > > AFAICT, the following packages are _not_ installed on my system: > > libc6-dbg, libc6-bin, libdb2-util > > > > Now I'm in a holding pattern regarding woody. My question is how long > > can I maintain this holding pattern before woody proceeds too far beyond > > me to do a simple 'apt-get upgrade'? > > > > Thanks for any guidance, > > > > montefin > > > > > > Bryan Walton wrote: > > > > > > Hi, I have been following this thread today, very closely. Here is my > > > question,I did an apt-get -f install dist-upgrade (in unstable) this > > > morning (as well as yesterday). So, I am sure that I am running this > > > libc6 package that is breaking everything for everybody. However, I > > > haven't had any problems (so far). Exim is still working fine. What > > > does this mean? Should I count my blessings? Or will this libc6 package > > > start breaking things only if I reboot? > > > Just trying to be pre-emptive here. > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- > Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
