Re: Upgrading Package

On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 08:55:47AM +0500, Anoop K Vijay wrote: >I am using debian 3.0 stable version.Now i would like to install > cyrus21imapd in the stable version.The package is available in unstable > version.So how can i configure apt-get for this installation? Can anybody help If you w

Upgrading Package

Hi, I am using debian 3.0 stable version.Now i would like to install cyrus21imapd in the stable version.The package is available in unstable version.So how can i configure apt-get for this installation? Can anybody help me? Regards Anoop Anoop.V.K, System Administrator, Amrita Institutions,

upgrading package - configuration file

Hello Can anybody tell me what happens when the config file format of a package changed from one version to the next. I mean, in the process of downloading, unpacking and installing the upgrade, what really happens? Are diffs used for this (config files)? Is this all up to the package maintainer

Out of memory when upgrading package

I upgraded several potato packages today and when apt-get was trying to install xcontrib it gave an out of memory error. The load was quite high, sometimes over 2.0 and most of my 64 MB of RAM and all my 130 MB of swap was in use. Needless to say, the system was extremely sluggish and several att