High, what is wrong with apt? Can you not adapt the sources.list file to the new distribution and do a apt-get update and then upgrade?
I realize that this is not a real answer to your question, but often it helps. Greetz, Sebastiaan On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, green_botanik wrote: > Is it possible to upgrage distrib (slink -> potato, for example :) > without apt-get or other wrapper, but using just dpkg? > It look like there is no sufficient control information in dpkg's > to split / join packages as requied in such upgrade. > Is there anybody who done such useless exeriment? > Or someone may give me distinct anwer (with 'because of...' keyword)? > -- > WBR, W. > > P. S. my apologise for terrible English :) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >