Re: libc5 to libc6: purge or install

1997-12-24 Thread Jameson Burt
> > > > > > Your libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.txt saves many people from ruinning their > > > operating systems. A few changes could save a few more people. When a > > > person > > > ruins zher operating system by badly adding packages from hamm, zhe > > > consumes > > > weeks of time. You might

Re: libc5 to libc6: purge or install

1997-12-24 Thread Scott K. Ellis
On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Jameson Burt wrote: > This seems the correct approach. So, the libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO should say > not just >The minimum list of packages to install to be able to run unstable- >branch packages is below. Install these packages one at a time in >exactly the order

RE: libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-17 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, George Bonser wrote: > Didn't save me. I followd the instructions on an old test system here and > STILL managed to blow it up. I was tired and cranky ... got to the part where > I > manuall did a dpkg on libc6 ... but it conflicts with libc5 ... (dpkg -i > libc6_2.0.4-1.i38

Re: libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-16 Thread George Bonser
Maybe I have an old version ... at the very end it finally mentiones the conflict. the last item in the howto. I think it should be moved up to where the lists of packages you need are mentioned. On 16-Nov-97 joost witteveen wrote: > > I'm sure that is mentioned in the libc5-libc6-mini-ho

RE: libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-16 Thread oehansen
Þann 16-Nov-97 skrifar Jameson Burt: > > Your libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.txt saves many people from ruinning their > operating systems. A few changes could save a few more people. When a > person > ruins zher operating system by badly adding packages from hamm, zhe consumes > weeks of time. You

Re: libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-16 Thread joost witteveen
> > > > Your libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.txt saves many people from ruinning their > > operating systems. A few changes could save a few more people. When a > > person > > ruins zher operating system by badly adding packages from hamm, zhe > > consumes > > weeks of time. You might save tens of p

RE: libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-16 Thread George Bonser
> > Your libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.txt saves many people from ruinning their > operating systems. A few changes could save a few more people. When a > person > ruins zher operating system by badly adding packages from hamm, zhe consumes > weeks of time. You might save tens of people a hundred w