Re: update packages without confusing apt

2000-11-15 Thread Silver
If you are just in the process of upgrading the kernel to 2.4 (which is still in pre-test version btw), I would advice you to get the kernel sources (from the unstable source dist), make your own kernel fitted to your needs (make menuconfig) and build a custom kernel package (make-kpkg -rev Custom.

Re: update packages without confusing apt

2000-11-15 Thread Colin Watson
Florian Kessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >i would like to update to kernel 2.4 within potato. To meet the requirements >listed in in the file changes (kernel documentation), i have to download >some packages. How can i do this without confusing apt? Just download them and install them with 'dpkg

Re: update packages without confusing apt

2000-11-15 Thread Hubert Chan
Florian Kessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > but i have both, the isdn and pcmcia packages. However, this question is a > more generally one. > How can i update to a newer version than the one in potato, i.e. lilo (i > need it for booting root-raid) without changing my sources.list and > confusi

Re: update packages without confusing apt

2000-11-15 Thread Florian Kessler
Am 15.11.2000 15:28 Uhr schrieb Gianluca Montecchi unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 15:20:49 Florian Kessler wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> i would like to update to kernel 2.4 within potato. To meet the >> requirements >> listed in in the file changes (kernel documentation), i have to

Re: update packages without confusing apt

2000-11-15 Thread Gianluca Montecchi
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 15:20:49 Florian Kessler wrote: > Hi all, > > i would like to update to kernel 2.4 within potato. To meet the > requirements > listed in in the file changes (kernel documentation), i have to download > some packages. How can i do this without confusing apt? The only problem I