On Mon, 16 Jun 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a standalone Debian 1.2 machine ;( - so here is what I plan to do: > > 1. Identify all packages that where updated on 1.3 and dld them, including > the Packages file. > > 2. Updating dpkg: > dpkg --clear-avail > dpkg -i ldso_*.deb > dpkg -i libc5_*.deb > dpkg -i dpkg_*.deb (must I reinstall dpkg-ftp, it hasn't changed !) > dpkg --purge --force-depends texbin I think you should upgrade dpkg first > 3. Updating Packages: > dpkg --update-avail Packages.gz > > 4. Pouring all the updated packages onto the Linux machine (see step 1). > > 5. Letting dselect update all packages. Dselect expects a base dir, to which all filenames in the packages file are relative and a packages file, describing where to find the packages and to what section they belong. If you just randomly place the downloaded packages on your disk, chances are that you'll have a hard time installing them with dselect. To be able to let dselect use the Packages.gz file, you'll have to make a tree more or less like on the ftp.debian.org site. It is a lot easier to just put all the *.deb files in directory /foo/bar and then run "dpkg -iGREB /foo/bar". > 6. Updating the kernel using the kernel-image package through dselect. > (which kernel is preferred: 29 or 30 ?) If you can, get kernel-source, libc5-dev, gcc, binutils (and some other stuff I forgot to mention) and configure and compile your own kernel. A nice tool is kernel-package, which makes a custom kernel-image.deb. Success, Joost -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
