On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 06:33:41PM +0200, Luca Capello wrote:
> ...despite the above, MANY THANKS to all people writing the Release
> Notes (and any other official documentation), which is highly
> important at least for me, as well as a pleasure to read.
Hear hear, strongly and fully ack'd.
(And
I agree with Steve. Just add perl to the list. Who the heck would have
removed perl anyway? When I have a chance, I'll try upgrading my
system and see how it goes.
Andrew Donnellan
On 5/20/05, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 08:17:49PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
>
On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 08:17:49PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 May 2005 02:47, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > Is there a difference in packages removed if you run "aptitude install
> > aptitude" instead of "aptitude install aptitude dpkg"? I don't see any
> > reason why dpkg needs to be u
On Wednesday 18 May 2005 02:47, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Is there a difference in packages removed if you run "aptitude install
> aptitude" instead of "aptitude install aptitude dpkg"? I don't see any
> reason why dpkg needs to be upgraded first, unlike aptitude.
No, makes no real difference. I st
* Bernd Eckenfels ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050517 03:35]:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> >2. change the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to "stable"
> I wish all documentation is using the distribution names not the symbolic
> names. If you put "stable" in a file this will cause major
Hi Frans,
On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 12:31:29AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Monday 16 May 2005 17:58, Frans Pop wrote:
> > Should users first upgrade dpkg and aptitude before upgrading the rest
> > of the system or can the upgrade safely be done using Woody's version
> > of the package tools?
> Fro
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> 1. Check that /etc/apt/sources.list points to "woody"
> 2. apt-get update
> 3. apt-get install aptitude
perhaps use "--reinstall" or "aptitude/woody" to force downgrade?
> 4. change the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to "sarge"
> 5. apt-get update
> 6
On Monday 16 May 2005 17:58, Frans Pop wrote:
> Should users first upgrade dpkg and aptitude before upgrading the rest
> of the system or can the upgrade safely be done using Woody's version
> of the package tools?
From the reactions to this thread and a thread on #309340 [1], the
consensus seems
retitle 309357 woody aptitude update can fail
quit
On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 01:45:14PM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 05:58:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> > Long version:
> > The current version of the release notes tells users to (simplified):
> > 1. apt-get install aptitu
On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 07:28:05AM -0500, Bill Allombert wrote:
> retitle 309357 woody aptitude update can fail
> quit
> On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 01:45:14PM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> > On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 05:58:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> > > Long version:
> > > The current version of
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 05:58:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> Long version:
> The current version of the release notes tells users to (simplified):
> 1. apt-get install aptitude
> 2. change the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to "stable"
> 3. aptitude update
In my test a few days ago I had to use apt
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
>2. change the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to "stable"
I wish all documentation is using the distribution names not the symbolic
names. If you put "stable" in a file this will cause major trouble a few
years later. Beside it is unclear to the reader
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 08:12:04PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 07:44:37PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote:
>...
> > Note that in (4), the command is aptitude, not apt-get.
>
> Does this make any difference?
>...
It does.
My fault, I confused (4) with (3).
cu
Adrian
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On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 07:44:37PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote:
>
> 1. apt-get install aptitude
> 2. change the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to "stable"
> 3. aptitude update
> 4. aptitude install aptitude dpkg
> 5. aptitude -f --with-recommends dist-upgrade
0. change the /etc
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 07:44:37PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote:
> * Adrian Bunk [Mon, 16 May 2005 18:14:20 +0200]:
> > On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 05:58:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
>
> > > The current version of the release notes tells users to (simplified):
> > > 1. apt-get install aptitude
> > > 2.
* Adrian Bunk [Mon, 16 May 2005 18:14:20 +0200]:
> On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 05:58:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> > The current version of the release notes tells users to (simplified):
> > 1. apt-get install aptitude
> > 2. change the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to "stable"
> > 3. aptitude updat
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 05:58:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> Short version:
> Should users first upgrade dpkg and aptitude before upgrading the rest of
> the system or can the upgrade safely be done using Woody's version of the
> package tools?
>
> Long version:
> The current version of the rele
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 01:48:51PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 01:38:59PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 12:13:38PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
> > > after the dust settles after the CD stampede
> >
> > Speaking of which, what's the tactic to get thi
On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 10:15, Wilmer van der Gaast wrote:
> Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED]@Sun, 7 Apr 2002 13:48:51 +0200:
> > Don't worry, ./ will be faster. There's nothing we can do about it... ;)
> >
> You can always ask them not to post it before the mirrors are ready,
> not?
>
Hah, it is their
Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED]@Sun, 7 Apr 2002 13:48:51 +0200:
> Don't worry, ./ will be faster. There's nothing we can do about it... ;)
>
You can always ask them not to post it before the mirrors are ready,
not?
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> I don't see any harm in making up jigdo files for DVDs --- I don't see
Ooh, yes, please - I'd love to be able to make bootable dvds to pass
around here [MIT area.]
> Of course, if loads of people with DVD writers mail me, I'm likely to be
metoo :)
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On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 01:38:59PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 12:13:38PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
> > after the dust settles after the CD stampede
>
> Speaking of which, what's the tactic to get this done efficiently? I suppose
> we could coordinate with several mirror m
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 12:13:38PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
> after the dust settles after the CD stampede
Speaking of which, what's the tactic to get this done efficiently? I suppose
we could coordinate with several mirror maintainers to have them rsync copies
of the final images before the use
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 12:13:38PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
>On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 11:51, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
>> You also speak of a DVD distribution, while it may be possible, I've
>> never heard of someone doing it officially ... better leave it out until
>> we actually provide some DVD imag
On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 11:51, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> You also speak of a DVD distribution, while it may be possible, I've
> never heard of someone doing it officially ... better leave it out until
> we actually provide some DVD images ?
John Winters of linuxemporium.co.uk was asking me about this
Le Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 04:58:18PM +0100, Rob Bradford écrivait:
> With the release nearly upon us this is an *URGENT* request for
> information regarding the woody release notes. The following issues need
> addressing.
>
> Draft release notes are available at
> http://www.debian.org/releases/wood
On 6 Apr 2002, Rob Bradford wrote:
> * Split/Renamed packages *since* Potato - Have any of you packages been
> renamed or split. Note this includes merges as the net result is a
> rename.
The python-imaging documentation has been split, as not all of the
documentation is in the upstream archive.
hi
Ship's Log, Lt. [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stardate 250199.2228:
> How about adding that the xvidtune program is in the xf86setup package? Some
> users may be confident enough about their X configuration not to bother
> installing xf86setup, and then miss xvidtune.
If they are confident about there c
On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 10:28:56PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> How about adding that the xvidtune program is in the xf86setup package? Some
> users may be confident enough about their X configuration not to bother
> installing xf86setup, and then miss xvidtune.
As of version -9, xvidtune is
On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 04:20:51PM +, Robert Woodcock wrote:
> Many of you are painfully aware that there are some issues in slink that are
> impractical to correct before release.
>
>
> xbase -> xbase
>twm
>xterm
>xbase-clients
>xdm
>xf86setup
How abo
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