On Wed, 20 May 1998, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Thu, 21 May 1998, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > PROBLEMS: [ libreadline2 gets uninstalled before bash is upgraded ]
> Well, this isn't pretty. You didn't say what installation method you used, > but it sounds like dselect-upgrade. What happened is this, Yes, I used the apt method (bo version) within dselect to do an upgrade. I hadn't read the docs at that point, so I didn't know about apt-get (I should try that next). > dselect marked libreadline for removal (this is what caused the failure) > to remove libreadline we have to install a new bash > to install a new bash we have to install libreadlineg > to install libreadlineg we need to remove libreadline > [ This is the same twisted logic as is applied to the perl/perl-base > situation and many others like it ] > > And that is exactly what it did. You MUST NOT select libreadline for > removal, I'm not sure what I can do to make this safer - something should > be done but nothing is presenting itself to me. One thing would be that it > would been nice if it installed bash directly after libreadlineg - but > that would not have saved the system since libreadlineg's install > segfaulted. Note, dselect decided it would be best to remove libreadline for me. So once I get things like I want it, go back into the select section and force the install of libreadline2, and probably exit with Q since dselect won't like me at that point. I hope apt is up to that kind of challenge. > The normal sequence of events is this, > > install libreadline > install libreadling > install bash > > I would almost suggest that unless there is a critical reason why > libreadlineg conflicts with libreadline that conflicts line be removed so > it can order properly in the case of bash being removed. If dselect didn't want to remove libreadline2, I think everything would be ok. Apt wasn't able to order things properly even though dselect found a good configuration. Perhaps apt should stop at this point instead of forcing some removes, or at least ask for user permission to force. > In light of this I recommend that everyone install bash first before > attempting to upgrade any more, or use dist-upgrade which usually won't > remove libreadline. I was hoping apt would eliminate the need to use autoup.sh. Looking at apt-get, it just might. > Also, in future, please save a copy of your /var/lib/dpkg/status file > before doing an upgrade - if something goes wrong in APT I can duplicate > it here with the information in that file. I sent a copy of my status from yesterday in a separate message. Brandon P.S. If I get apt-get working tomorrow, I'll consider hamm able to be beta. ----- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "We all know linux is great... it PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] does infinite loops in 5 seconds" Phone: (757) 596-5550 --Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
