Re: Debian-1.2.3 and libc5 problems
On 21 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > of the packages in 1.2.3 pre-depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.17-1), a > number of packages were marked for removal. > > We've worked around this problem by s using Debian-1.2.2 rather > than stable for the dselect ftp directory. I'll check to see if > the libc5 problem is a known bug and if not I'll submit a bug > report. I had this problem, too. I tried a number of different solutions, and I eventually went to unstable (something I really didn't want to do...) to take care of it. Unfortunately, this caused a couple of other dependancy problems, which don't seem to be as serious as the libc5 one. Shouldn't libc5 v.5.4.17-1 be in the stable directory, there are a number of progs in stable that require it (ex. perl, quake, etc)? I'll look into using Debian-1.2.2 instead of unstable. Sean -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian-1.2.3 and libc5 problems
We've been puting Debian 1.2 onto a couple of machines and have run into a major snag. Neither of these machines had linux installed on them prior to this, so this was not an upgrade. After doing the base installation from floppies we ran into troubles with libc5 dependancies. (Incedentally, both the people that I was helping liked the debian installation and had little trouble with the initall base installation compaired to an earlier failed atempt to install a redhat distribution.) The problem seems to be associated with the upgrade from 1.2.2 to 1.2.3 that happened at our favorite mirror on Jan 19. We did the base install on one machine on the 17 and 18th. No major problems. After getting the network up, we used dselect and ftp to do a full installation. We started the second installation on the 18th and continued on the 19th. Again, we used dselect and ftp access mode to install. The directories that we used on the archive were stable, non-free and contrib. Now, when the archive went from 1.2.2 to 1.2.3, the stable symlink was changed (as it should have been). When we went back to finish installing the rest of the system after the 1.2.2 -> 1.2.3 change, we had troubles. Debian 1.2.2 included libc5_5.4.13-1.deb as does Debian 1.2.3. But, because a number of the packages in 1.2.3 pre-depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.17-1), a number of packages were marked for removal. We've worked around this problem by s using Debian-1.2.2 rather than stable for the dselect ftp directory. I'll check to see if the libc5 problem is a known bug and if not I'll submit a bug report. Regards, Mike -- Michael A. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nuclear Physics Lab, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign PGP public key available on request -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian 1.2.3
On Jan 16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel S. Barclay) wrote: > > > Given that those files are moved (change in current release relative to > previous release), what happens if I re-install these packages? > > Will the old file be removed, or will I end up with two files? > (I don't know how much the packaging system takes care of obsolete or > old files.) dpkg keeps a list of all the files owned by a package. When you upgrade, any file in the old list that is not in the new package is removed. Steve Greenland -- The Mole - I think, therefore I scream "Don't embarrass us." "Have I ever?" [Buckaroo Banzai and Perfect Tommy in BUCKAROO BANZAI] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian 1.2.3
> From: Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Debian 1.2.3 is released and contains eight updated packages. ... > Here is the entire ChangeLog (debian/stable/ChangeLog on ftp sites), ... > diald (0.14-9) stable unstable; urgency=low ... >* diald fifo moved to /var/run. This is created/removed by the init > script. > perl (5.003.07-5) stable unstable; urgency=low >* Moved config.over.MK to the debian directory so that all the files > that I add are there. ... Given that those files are moved (change in current release relative to previous release), what happens if I re-install these packages? Will the old file be removed, or will I end up with two files? (I don't know how much the packaging system takes care of obsolete or old files.) Thanks, Daniel -- This message was delayed because the list mail delivery agent was down.
Debian 1.2.3
Debian 1.2.3 is released and contains eight updated packages.
Here is the entire ChangeLog (debian/stable/ChangeLog on ftp sites),
since I never posted a similiar announce for 1.2.1 and 1.2.2.
--- Debian 1.2.3 Thu, 16 Jan 1997 10:12:39 -0600
cron (3.0pl1-37) stable unstable; urgency=medium
* Corrected postinst,prerm, and postrm scripts -- Installs and
removes rc.d links, and re-starts cron after install.
* More fixes from the BSD crew, sent to me by Marek Michalkiewicz: mostly
checks for null pointers, but also a few Makefile fixes, and at least
one potential buffer overrun (but I know of no exploits).
* Left in suidmanager stuff, but corrected default permission to 4755,
per Debian standards.
* Added CHANGES file (as /usr/doc/cron/changelog.upstream.gz) to
distribution. Added upstream README to distribution.
* Moved files out of ./debian/extra into ./debian because dpkg-source
cannot deal with createing directories. Hmmph.
* Removed filereaper reference from standard.daily
diald (0.14-9) stable unstable; urgency=low
* Correct diald-deb(8) and /etc/init.d/diald (#6379).
* /var/lib/diald/ip-{up,down} are now configuration files and they are
kept between upgrades (#5980 #6184).
* postinst perfected, diald fifo is g+rw for group dialout (#6183).
* diald fifo moved to /var/run. This is created/removed by the init
script.
dpkg (1.4.0.6) stable unstable; urgency=high
* Patched lib/vercmp.c to hopefully fix dselect epoch processing
(Bug#6204), (Bug#4590).
* Patched scripts/dpkg-buildpackage, scripts/dpkg-genchanges,
scripts/dpkg-gencontrol for epoch processing, courtesy of Loic Prylli
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Bug#6138).
* Patched dpkg-genchanges to actually honor the -u switch to specify
directory (Bug#5564).
* Applied patch to main/archive.c to correct problems setting set[gu]id
binaries, courtesy of Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
(Bug#5479).
* Applied patch to dpkg-source to correct debian-only package names,
courtesy of Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Bug#5355).
libg++27 (2.7.2.1-6) stable unstable; urgency=low
* The unstripped shared libs in the -dev package caused problems, so I'm
removing them again.
* -5 and later fixes the order of the shared libs and links to them.
This release is the first without known problems, so
it should go into stable.
mgetty (1.0.0-1) stable unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream non-beta release. Voice Part removed since
considered unstable
perl (5.003.07-5) stable unstable; urgency=low
* Moved config.over.MK to the debian directory so that all the files
that I add are there.
* Just ignore the mkdir on /usr/local as the easiest solution to the
NFS-ro /usr/local problem. Suggestion by Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
xfig (3.1.4b-6) stable unstable; urgency=low
* recompiled to remove the libc5_5.4.17-1 dependancy.
(now only depends on libc5_5.4.13-1).
zlib (1:1.0.4-5) stable unstable; urgency=low
* Add epoch, to make dselect happier
--- Debian 1.2.2 Fri, 10 Jan 1997 07:46:29 -0600
doc-linux (97.01-2) stable unstable; urgency=low
* Change invalid distribution field "frozen" to "stable" in changelog
* Do not install invalid upstream files INDEX.html and mini/INDEX.html
as they do not work with the gzip'ed documents, and there is no point
in patching the html as the most popular webbrowser cannot cope with
compressed documents anyway (fixes bug #6413)
* HOWTOs that are new or updated since the last release in December:
AX25 BootPrompt Commercial Consultants DOStoLinux Distribution
HOWTO-INDEX INDEX INFO-SHEET ISP-Hookup Installation Java-CGI
META-FAQ PCMCIA Serial XFree86
* mini-HOWTOs that are new or updated since the last release in December:
Advocacy BogoMips Bridge+Firewall CD-Writer Clock DHCP
Dynamic-IP-Hacks GTEK-BBS-550 INDEX Linux+WinNT++ Locales
Multiple-Disks-Layout NFS-Root NFS-Root-Client PPP-over-minicom
ZIP-Install
wu-ftpd (2.4-27) stable unstable; urgency=medium
* patch (security and PORT command)
* missing wtmp is logged as LOG_NOTICE, not longer as LOG_ERR,
since it's normal, but significant ;-)
xemeraldia (0.3-7) unstable stable; urgency=high
* Recompiled with libc5.4.13 (bug #6424)
xfig (3.1.4b-5) stable unstable; urgency=low
* changed application name back to Fig (upstream maintainer request)
* converted to new source format
* added menu file to package
* added a few doc's.
--- Debian 1.2.1 Thu, 2 Jan 1997 02:16:15 -0600
adduser (2.13) stable unstable; urgency=high
* debmakisiert.
* Fixed dependencies. Removed stupid script.
* Maintainer address changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* /etc/adduser.conf added as a conffile
base-files (1.2.4) unstable; urgency=low
* Add "Provides: base", and "Requires: b
