On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Simon Tod wrote:
> After a hdd install from knoppix 3.2 I tried to > dist-upgrade to Debian unstable. It all seems to work > fine but my debian_version is still reported as > testing/unstable. you are correct. knoppix is a combination of some testing and some unstable packages. I've tracked this down to the fact > that a number of packages from the hdd install are not > at the latest versions available in unstable but are > unoffical versions with different dependencies. Not sure what you mean. 99 % of the packages are from debian sources. only a few are knoppix-specific. but if you upgrade, most of the knoppix debs are upgraded or removed IIRC. > The most significant being sysvinit. > something important like this would not get updated very often (1 -2 per year) as it has been tested very thoroughly and does not have 'new' features. > If I try 'apt-get install sysvinit', I'm told I have > the latest version installed. Not true. apt-get can be setup to install stable, testing or unstable packages. But it can be told to exclude packages. But if 'apt-get' says its the latest version, it is only telling you based on ITS settings. The knoppix > version is 2.84 something or other, whereas 2.85 is > available in unstable. > > If I try 'apt-get --reinstall install sysvinit', I'm > told the packages is not available for download. > Would do no good is its already installed correctly and you dont need to fix a broken install. > This is a common problem when trying to replace a > package from an unofficial source with an official > one. My usual trick is just to remove the offending > package, then reinstall from an official source. not sure if that is the best way. > > HOWEVER, sysvinit is a rather crucial package (I > think!?) and I'm a little concerned that removing it - > even if only to replace it with a different version > shortly afterwards - may be dangerous. > yes is it dangerous as it is a very basic package. > Any suggestions as to whether or not this may be a > safe thing to do or what alternative approach I could > take would be much appreciated... > > Thanks! try this: apt-get install -s sysvinit/unstable apt-get install -s sysvinit/testing apt-get install -s sysvinit/stable note the -s means to show what it would do, but dont to it for me: unstable and testing = 2.85-7 stable = 2.84-2woody1 BUT it depends on your /etc/apt/sources.list -kev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
