-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Rob MacWilliams wrote:
> I'm upgrading from Debian 1.2 to 1.3 and saw the following on the web page: > > "This section is only for people who are upgrading an older > Debian system... ...As root, run these commands: > > > dpkg --clear-avail > dpkg -i ldso_*.deb > dpkg -i libc5_*.deb > dpkg -i dpkg_*.deb dpkg-ftp_*.deb > dpkg --purge --force-depends texbin" > > So I downloaded: > > ldso_1.8.10-2.deb > libc5_5.4.23-6.deb > dpkg_1.4.0.8.deb > dpkg-ftp_1.4.8.deb > > from the 1.3 directory of ftp.debian.org (the closest site to me). > to a brand new sub-dir, which I cd'd to before running dpkg - i. > > When i tried to install the packages, I recieved the errors below. > I'm not too worried about locale settings. My guess is that they can be fixed > without making the machine unusable. I am, however, concerned about the > broken links that show up under libc5. > > /usr/lib/libc.so and /usr/lib/libm.so both show up as broken symlinks. > /lib/libc.so.5 is a link to /lib/libc.so.5.4.23 and > /lib/libm.so.5 is a link to /lib/libm.so.5.0.8. This is an indication that your libc5-dev package is out of sync with your libc5 package. Finishing the upgrade will solve this problem. > Should I link the /usr/lib stuff to the links in /lib > i.e. /usr/lib/libc.so->/lib/libc.so.5 or should I link them to the files > themselves i.e. /usr/lib/libc.so->/lib/libc.so.5.4.23? I seem to remember > that > some programs can't follow too many levels of links. Or was this all > a result of not having the locale settings correct? Just let the upgrade fix it, when you install the new libc5-dev package the link will be correct. > I don't have texbin installed, so that package isn't an issue. > > Sorry for the bandwidth, but I thought all of the error messages > should be here. Your LANG variable should be en_US +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Scott K. Ellis | Argue for your limitations and | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | sure enough, they're yours. | | | -- Illusions | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3 Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBM54wz6Ck2fENdzpVAQGlmwP+LvtH8REDQebl9ICwENnXTjFlhvnqCrwZ rZLEGqI87CfLqdOTwww5K2mP1HO1TyrDX07mntaG8smeSS9Qi2mH8Ai9kBLVp8nY wplHx2oQUGVUH7uaOnZOmJ5NIvmR26dtpvl7/JBWGs7aZIaFE59IXLpgovAitXrO FgkBVHYGsu0= =LKTh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .