I agree with Steve. Just add perl to the list. Who the heck would have removed perl anyway? When I have a chance, I'll try upgrading my system and see how it goes.
Andrew Donnellan On 5/20/05, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 08:17:49PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 May 2005 02:47, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > Is there a difference in packages removed if you run "aptitude install > > > aptitude" instead of "aptitude install aptitude dpkg"? I don't see any > > > reason why dpkg needs to be upgraded first, unlike aptitude. > > > No, makes no real difference. I still need perl to keep my system at least > > somewhat alive. > > Yes, of course. I wasn't suggesting otherwise. > > > > If perl needs to be added to the list, I say to just add it. People > > > who have Prio: standard packages missing from their systems probably > > > won't want to follow our advise to use aptitude, either. > > > perl was not missing on my system. It just needed to be upgraded along > > with aptitude because of dependencies (no idea which). That upgrade had > > to be forced by adding it in the install command. > > Otherwise perl would be removed, taking half my system with it. > > > I think we will be getting two kinds of upgrade: > > - servers or light desktops that can get by with just upgrading aptitude > > - desktops with kde, gnome (from unofficial backports or not) that will > > have to look at the results of 'aptitude install aptitude' and decide if > > anything else is needed; perl probably is a prime candidate > > > I going to try to rewrite/reorganize chapter 4 of the release notes > > somewhat on Saturday to see if I can make the upgrade instructions a bit > > more organic. > > So you don't think it's reasonable to just list perl as a package to > aptitude install prior to dist-upgrading? I really can't imagine why > someone who has stripped perl off of their system would care about the > instructions in the release notes at all :) > > -- > Steve Langasek > postmodern programmer > > > BodyID:7946885.2.n.logpart (stored separately) > > -- Heritage Linux Group http://www.heritagelinux.tk