On 4 Mar 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > I have never run modconf ;-). I do not know if dialog is > required.
It is listed as a "depends:". Is it part of the installation process? I guess we'll just cut it and see what happens. > > tar and gzip are required by dpkg. > > I think maybe the best bet would be to create symlinks from > all these files to /dev/fd0/$file; so to use dpkg; tar. diff; gzip > you need to just mount a floppy. > > You can fit a fair lot on the floppy. I've marked these as "floppy" for later use in the packages list. > > I think we should create a script that; when run on a bastion > machine, copies a set of relevant files over to the flopyy, creating > symlinks in the wake. Test if foppy is mounted, and do not move > symlinks, to make this idempotent. > > Most of the time, the floppy is not mounted (or even in the > drive). The sysadmin puts in the floppy, and mounts it > formaintainence. > > I think log rotation uses gzip as well. > > One can even create an undo option; Put in the floppy; undo > the symlinks; upgrade the packages; redo the symlinks; remove floppy. That sounds like a good plan. Henry Hollenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
