Re: problem doing slink -> frozen

2000-02-25 Thread ethan mindlace fremen
Nathan E Norman wrote: > I was able to get around this, but I DO NOT recommend that anyone use > my method!! If you do, don't tell me about how screwed up your system > got. > Well, I followed your directions and everything appears to be working just fine. I actually had to force install some

Re: problem doing slink -> frozen

2000-02-24 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Feb 24, 2000 at 08:02:00AM -0700, Rick Macdonald wrote: > On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > It's a circular pre-depends. I'm appending my previous email on the > > subject. I've seen a few posts that say my method works, but I still > > don't guarantee it :) > > > I crea

Re: problem doing slink -> frozen

2000-02-24 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Nathan E Norman wrote: > It's a circular pre-depends. I'm appending my previous email on the > subject. I've seen a few posts that say my method works, but I still > don't guarantee it :) > I created a file "/usr/bin/readlink" with the following contents: > > #! /bin/sh

Re: problem doing slink -> frozen

2000-02-24 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 10:27:34PM -0600, Alberto Brealey G. wrote: > > i've done a fresh install of slink (because i have the bootable CD lying > around...), and need to upgrade to potato/frozen. it does the apt-get update > fine (retrieves the package lists). when i try to dist-upgrade, it downl

problem doing slink -> frozen

2000-02-24 Thread Alberto Brealey G.
i've done a fresh install of slink (because i have the bootable CD lying around...), and need to upgrade to potato/frozen. it does the apt-get update fine (retrieves the package lists). when i try to dist-upgrade, it downloads 13.7 MB fine, but when trying to install, it exits with: E: Internal e