Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-18 Thread hendrik
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 10:58:33AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 11:54:24AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 10:27:29AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 08:57:03AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > On

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-12 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 11:54:24AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 10:27:29AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 08:57:03AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 07:38:37PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > >

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-12 Thread hendrik
On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 10:27:29AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 08:57:03AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 07:38:37PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > > > why don't you boot sarge, chroot into etch and install a kernel from >

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-11 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 08:51:39AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 07:38:37PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > why don't you boot sarge, chroot into etch and install a kernel from > > inside the chroot? I think udev wants a kernel >= 2.6.15, IIRC. > > Interest

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-11 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 08:57:03AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 07:38:37PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > why don't you boot sarge, chroot into etch and install a kernel from > > inside the chroot? I think udev wants a kernel >= 2.6.15, IIRC. > > Actually

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-11 Thread Nigel Henry
On Monday 11 December 2006 14:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 07:38:37PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 09:04:13AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Unfortunately, after the mass upgrade yesterday, the system now boots > > > without either

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-11 Thread hendrik
On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 07:38:37PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 09:04:13AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Unfortunately, after the mass upgrade yesterday, the system now boots > > without either a functioning X or a functioning net. udev complains > > t

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-11 Thread hendrik
On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 07:38:37PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 09:04:13AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Unfortunately, after the mass upgrade yesterday, the system now boots > > without either a functioning X or a functioning net. udev complains > > t

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-08 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 12/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 03:30:47PM -0500, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > After failing to reconstitute my etch system (details abundantly > > available on this mail

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 11:40:27AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I tried that, and got a *huge* raft of proposed deletions -- just from > asking for aptitude to be upgraded. what did you use to upgrade aptitude? you might want to use something that thinks its less intelligent to do this. I

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-08 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 04:50:34PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 02:49:57PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > After failing to reconstitute my etch system (details abundantly > > available on this mailing list a few months ago), I wiped its partition > > and tried to ins

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-08 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 05:05:05PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 03:30:47PM -0500, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > Sound like what I have seen "as usual" while doing dist upgrades (Debian > > and Ubuntu). Several a

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-08 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 04:50:34PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 02:49:57PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > After failing to reconstitute my etch system (details abundantly > > available on this mailing list a few months ago), I wiped its partition > > and tried to ins

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-07 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 02:49:57PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > After failing to reconstitute my etch system (details abundantly > available on this mailing list a few months ago), I wiped its partition > and tried to install etch form scratch using installer release candidate > one, only t

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-07 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 03:30:47PM -0500, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > After failing to reconstitute my etch system (details abundantly > > available on this mailing list a few months ago), I wiped its partition > > an

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-07 Thread Sarunas Burdulis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > After failing to reconstitute my etch system (details abundantly > available on this mailing list a few months ago), I wiped its partition > and tried to install etch form scratch using installer release candidate > one, o