> Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-28 13:00]: > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 03:14:26PM +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote: > > Debian is great for remote system administration. Thus, I make use > > of it for several "head-less" servers that are only adminstratable by > > remote-login via network interface. Usually, I do an upgrade/update > > at the same time for all boxes, including my Laptop. Today, while all > > other servers were upgrading, the latest update of pcmcia-cs shut down > > the interface. > > > > When I logged in again on the remote boxes I simply restarted the > > update process, but then I realized that dselect considers the > > update being completed totally and proposes to delete the previously > > downloaded packages even though the update process was interrupted > > before. > > Then the upgrade really *did* complete successfully, even though you > didn't have a terminal for the last part of it. It's not possible for > dpkg, and therefore dselect, to consider the upgrade complete otherwise. >
thanks! glad to read! wbr, Lukas -- Lukas Ruf | Wanna know anything about raw | <http://www.lpr.ch> | IP? <http://www.rawip.org> | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
