I believe that '-force-overwrite' allows the upgrade to proceed without necessitating an uninstall.
Since OM documentation is so sparse, I have assumed that Debian dpkg command line options would work, as long as you get the syntax right. On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Dale Schumacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> There's a bug in TRAC for this: >> https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1569 >> >> The fix there went from "in testing" to bug "closed" in the last couple of >> days, so presumably it works. Please confirm. > > This is exactly the problem. I applied the recommended fix: > > opkg -force-depends remove libncurses5 > opkg install ncurses libncurses5 > > Now everything seems to be up-to-date. Thanks! > > Should this be in the wiki somewhere, or will new users not have this > problem if they update/upgrade directly from the factory image? > >> Also, could you possibly post to the list in plain text, not HTML? > > Sure, I could. I thought it would be more clear to post the transcript in > fixed font. Doesn't it come through as multi-part-alternative anyway, so > you should have a plain-text version too? It seems the richer markup is > often useful. > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > -- Craig Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] 781-742-2005 _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
