Please clarify that apt-file can also search for parts of the full path of a file

2014-10-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
Package: apt-file
Severity: minor

On Vi, 24 oct 14, 13:44:06, Malte Forkel wrote:
 Am 24.10.2014 um 13:08 schrieb Darac Marjal:
  Actually, apt-file will search the whole path (try 'apt-file search
  bin'). If you like, try the -x option to apt-file to specify a
  perl-compatible regex.
 
 You're right! Thanks for pointing that out. I was mislead by the man
 page auf apt-file 2.5.1 (in wheezy) which says
 
 search Search in which package a file is included. A list of all  pack‐
ages containing the pattern pattern is returned.
 
apt-file  will  only  search for filenames, not directory names.
This is due to the format of the Contents files it searches.
 
 A misinterpretation on my behalf or a bug in the documentation?

If my understanding is correct: packages may also contain (empty) 
directories, but these will not be found by apt-file (because of the 
format of the Contents files[1]), but files are included with the full 
path so a search will match a directory in the path.

The manpage would probably do with a slight enhancement ;)
Something like below might do it:

apt-file will only search for filenames, including any portion of 
the full path, but not directory names. This is due to the format of 
the Contents files it searches.


[1] excerpt from a Contents file:

When a file is contained in more than one package, all packages are
listed.  When a directory is contained in more than one package, only
the first is listed.

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Re: Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-14 Thread Greg Madden
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:25:37 -0700
RParr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 George Borisov wrote:RParr wrote:
   Could someone please clarify which is the correct set of Debian sid
 packages to install for the following two situations:
 
 1) install/update kernel 2.6.16, headers, etc.
 
 2) install/update kernel 2.6.17, headers, etc.
 
 What processor have you got?
   
 Dual Opteron;  that's why I originally installed the linux*-amd64-k8

You need a smp kernel. If it were me, I would remove all but the latest
working kernel then install the smp kernel.
The 'linux-image-amd64-k8-smp' will install the latest 2.6 kernel for
amd64, same for headers. For unstable it looks like 2.6.17 is the kernel
that gets installed.


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Re: Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-13 Thread George Borisov
RParr wrote:
  George Borisov wrote:

 What processor have you got?
   
 
 Dual Opteron;  that's why I originally installed the linux*-amd64-k8
 versions.

Hmm, I can't even see the 64 bit kernels in my apt-cache. This would
make sense, as I'm not running 64bit.

Over to someone else on this one, sorry.


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Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-12 Thread RParr

Could someone please clarify which is the correct set of Debian sid
packages to install for the following two situations:

1) install/update kernel 2.6.16, headers, etc.

2) install/update kernel 2.6.17, headers, etc.

both including the ability to install/build modules for nvidia, ivtv,
vmware, etc.

I have the following installed and it appears if I just did an apt-get
dist-upgrade I would wind up with half staying at 2.6.16 and half being
upgraded to 2.6.17.

---
ii  linux-headers-2.6-amd64-generic  2.6.16-14
Header files for Linux kernel 2.6 on all x86-64 machines
ii  linux-headers-2.6-amd64-k8   2.6.16-14
Header files for Linux kernel 2.6 on AMD64 K8 machines
ii  linux-headers-2.6.16-2   2.6.16-14
Common header files for Linux kernel 2.6.16
ii  linux-headers-2.6.16-2-amd64-generic 2.6.16-14
Header files for Linux kernel 2.6.16 on all x86-64 machi
ii  linux-headers-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8  2.6.16-14
Header files for Linux kernel 2.6.16 on AMD64 K8 machine
ii  linux-image-2.6-amd64-generic2.6.16-14
Linux kernel 2.6 image on all x86-64 machines
ii  linux-image-2.6-amd64-k8 2.6.16-14
Linux kernel 2.6 image on AMD64 K8 machines
ii  linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-generic   2.6.16-14
Linux kernel 2.6.16 image on all x86-64 machines
ii  linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k82.6.16-14
Linux kernel 2.6.16 image on AMD64 K8 machines
ii  linux-kernel-headers 2.6.16.20-6
Linux Kernel Headers for development
ii  linux-patch-debian-2.6.162.6.16-14
Debian patches to version 2.6.16 of the Linux kernel
ii  linux-source-2.6.16  2.6.16-14
Linux kernel source for version 2.6.16 with Debian patch
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Re: Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-12 Thread George Borisov
RParr wrote:
 Could someone please clarify which is the correct set of Debian sid
 packages to install for the following two situations:
 
 1) install/update kernel 2.6.16, headers, etc.
 
 2) install/update kernel 2.6.17, headers, etc.

What processor have you got?


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Re: Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-12 Thread Greg Madden
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:30:17 -0700
RParr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Could someone please clarify which is the correct set of Debian sid
 packages to install for the following two situations:
 
 1) install/update kernel 2.6.16, headers, etc.
 
 2) install/update kernel 2.6.17, headers, etc.
 
 both including the ability to install/build modules for nvidia, ivtv,
 vmware, etc.
 
 I have the following installed and it appears if I just did an
 apt-get dist-upgrade I would wind up with half staying at 2.6.16
 and half being upgraded to 2.6.17.
 
 ---
 ii  linux-headers-2.6-amd64-generic  2.6.16-14
 Header files for Linux kernel 2.6 on all x86-64 machines
 ii  linux-headers-2.6-amd64-k8   2.6.16-14
 Header files for Linux kernel 2.6 on AMD64 K8 machines
 ii  linux-headers-2.6.16-2   2.6.16-14
 Common header files for Linux kernel 2.6.16
 ii  linux-headers-2.6.16-2-amd64-generic 2.6.16-14
 Header files for Linux kernel 2.6.16 on all x86-64 machi
 ii  linux-headers-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8  2.6.16-14
 Header files for Linux kernel 2.6.16 on AMD64 K8 machine
 ii  linux-image-2.6-amd64-generic2.6.16-14
 Linux kernel 2.6 image on all x86-64 machines
 ii  linux-image-2.6-amd64-k8 2.6.16-14
 Linux kernel 2.6 image on AMD64 K8 machines
 ii  linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-generic   2.6.16-14
 Linux kernel 2.6.16 image on all x86-64 machines
 ii  linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k82.6.16-14
 Linux kernel 2.6.16 image on AMD64 K8 machines
 ii  linux-kernel-headers 2.6.16.20-6
 Linux Kernel Headers for development
 ii  linux-patch-debian-2.6.162.6.16-14
 Debian patches to version 2.6.16 of the Linux kernel
 ii  linux-source-2.6.16  2.6.16-14
 Linux kernel source for version 2.6.16 with Debian patch
 ---


If you do 'apt-get -s dist-upgrade' it will do a dry run showing what
it would do without the '-s' option.

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Re: Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-12 Thread RParr

Greg Madden wrote:

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:30:17 -0700
RParr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  

Could someone please clarify which is the correct set of Debian sid
packages to install for the following two situations:

1) install/update kernel 2.6.16, headers, etc.

2) install/update kernel 2.6.17, headers, etc.

both including the ability to install/build modules for nvidia, ivtv,
vmware, etc.

I have the following installed and it appears if I just did an
apt-get dist-upgrade I would wind up with half staying at 2.6.16
and half being upgraded to 2.6.17.

---
ii  linux-headers-2.6-amd64-generic  2.6.16-14
Header files for Linux kernel 2.6 on all x86-64 machines
ii  linux-headers-2.6-amd64-k8   2.6.16-14
Header files for Linux kernel 2.6 on AMD64 K8 machines
ii  linux-headers-2.6.16-2   2.6.16-14
Common header files for Linux kernel 2.6.16
ii  linux-headers-2.6.16-2-amd64-generic 2.6.16-14
Header files for Linux kernel 2.6.16 on all x86-64 machi
ii  linux-headers-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8  2.6.16-14
Header files for Linux kernel 2.6.16 on AMD64 K8 machine
ii  linux-image-2.6-amd64-generic2.6.16-14
Linux kernel 2.6 image on all x86-64 machines
ii  linux-image-2.6-amd64-k8 2.6.16-14
Linux kernel 2.6 image on AMD64 K8 machines
ii  linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-generic   2.6.16-14
Linux kernel 2.6.16 image on all x86-64 machines
ii  linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k82.6.16-14
Linux kernel 2.6.16 image on AMD64 K8 machines
ii  linux-kernel-headers 2.6.16.20-6
Linux Kernel Headers for development
ii  linux-patch-debian-2.6.162.6.16-14
Debian patches to version 2.6.16 of the Linux kernel
ii  linux-source-2.6.16  2.6.16-14
Linux kernel source for version 2.6.16 with Debian patch
---




If you do 'apt-get -s dist-upgrade' it will do a dry run showing what
it would do without the '-s' option.

  

Thanks.  That's how I found out it would upgrade HALF my kernel packages
to 2.6.17 and leave the other half back at 2.6.16.

It seems the kernel folks have rearranged the kernel (ie linux-*)
packages to allow moving up to 2.6.17 OR continuing with 2.6.16.  All
the traffic on the kernel list left me a bit confused as to which set of
packages was appropriate to achieve which goal. I posted this question
several days ago to the kernel list but no one answered.

I was hoping someone on this list might know and be willing to share the
secret.

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Re: Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-12 Thread RParr




George Borisov wrote:

  RParr wrote:
  
  
Could someone please clarify which is the correct set of Debian sid
packages to install for the following two situations:

1) install/update kernel 2.6.16, headers, etc.

2) install/update kernel 2.6.17, headers, etc.

  
  
What processor have you got?
  


Dual Opteron; that's why I originally installed the linux*-amd64-k8
versions.

I believe the kernel folks have also been shuffling around the naming
for AMD vs Intel 64 versions a bit. Another aspect of the "which
packages" questions.

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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-19 Thread Craig Sanders
On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:

   The autoup.sh is ment to be used in bo-hamm upgrade, AFAIK.
   Normal updates are easy, just point dselect/apt to a mirror, get
   updates and let it install. Just fire up and tap enter a few times.
 
 It is usually a good idea to upgrade dpkg first with dpkg, in case there
 have been enhancements of the package system.

for an upgrade from bo/rexx/buzz to hamm, DO NOT attempt to upgrade with
dpkg.  Doing so will break bash, resulting in a non-working
system...recovering from this situation is difficult for an expert and
probably impossible for a novice.  DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.


Use the HOWTO, or use autoup.sh which a) upgrades bash and libreadline
and other stuff in the correct order, and b) upgrades dpkg to the latest
version.


my preferred method for upgrading to hamm is:

1. download autoup.sh and the tarball from
   http://debian.vicnet.net.au/autoup

2. read autoup.sh to get an understanding of what it is about to do.
   also read Scott's HOWTO.

3. run autoup.sh

4. when autoup has run, THEN (and only then) is it safe to run dselect
   to complete the upgrade.  Use the 'mountable' method if you have
   a CD or a local mirror - it works better than the old 'mounted'
   method.  Alternatively, use apt (but you'll need to install apt
   and several other packages by hand first)

as mentioned yesterday, i have used this method to successfully (and
painlessly) upgrade dozens of systems to hamm.  it works.


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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-19 Thread Eugene Sevinian

Hello,
I just tried to look at this site (http://debian.vicnet.net.au), but in
vain. Anybody knows other places with autoup.sh? 

Does it works good with 1.3.0? 

 
 my preferred method for upgrading to hamm is:
 
   1. download autoup.sh and the tarball from
  http://debian.vicnet.net.au/autoup
 
[]
 as mentioned yesterday, i have used this method to successfully (and
 painlessly) upgrade dozens of systems to hamm.  it works.
 
 
 craig
 

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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-19 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)

Craig wrote:
 
 On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
 
The autoup.sh is ment to be used in bo-hamm upgrade, AFAIK.
Normal updates are easy, just point dselect/apt to a mirror, get
updates and let it install. Just fire up and tap enter a few times.
  
  It is usually a good idea to upgrade dpkg first with dpkg, in case there
  have been enhancements of the package system.
 
 for an upgrade from bo/rexx/buzz to hamm, DO NOT attempt to upgrade with
 dpkg.  Doing so will break bash, resulting in a non-working
 system...recovering from this situation is difficult for an expert and
 probably impossible for a novice.  DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.

Oops, I suppose I was a little unclear.  My comment concerned upgrades
_before_ hamm (and problably after hamm as well).  The autoup.sh script is
the way to go for bo - hamm.

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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 12:08:49PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Can you give me or point me to 1.1 to 1.2 to 1.3, or 1.1 to 1.3, upgrade
 instructions? Thanks.

I don't think there were a lot of instructions for those upgrades
at the time, unlike the 1.3 - 2.0 upgrade.

There is a file README in the bo subdirectory at the debian mirrors,
eg ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/bo/README, which gives instructions
for the 1.2 to 1.3 upgrade. I *think* (but cannot confirm) that there
should be no additional instructions for 1.1 to 1.3; it should work.
After you have upgraded those few packages by hand, run dselect
to upgrade everything else.


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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 17 Jun 98 05:10:12 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Oh yeah? On my hamm-bo DOWNGRADE, I had to UPLOAD more than that.

Goddamn!  You win.  :-)


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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread Craig Sanders
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Steve Lamb wrote:

  Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and
  superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly
  through every version, even major version changes.

 The success varied and that mostly all users can upgrade
 easily...to hamm *without* reinstall also states that there were
 failures and that there will be users who cannot uprgrade w/o a
 reinstall.  There is no need for a re-install is an aboslute.  In
 your own words you have conceeded there will be cases that there will
 be a need for a reinstall.

while it is theoretically possible that a dselect/dpkg upgrade will
fail, i haven't seen it happen yet in several years of using and
upgrading debian.

i've done dozens of bo to hamm upgrades (using autoup.sh) without a
problem. i've done a handful of rex to hamm upgrades without a problem
(also using autoup.sh)

(i know that people have done buzz to hamm upgrades with autoup.sh too -
but i haven't done any myself)

also, over the last few years i have done literally hundreds of debian
upgrades on dozens of machines. i keep most of the machines i am
responsible for in sync with the latest stuff in unstable - most
machines get upgraded every week or two...some get upgraded every six
months or so.

in all of these upgrades i have not once run into any really serious
problem - one which corrupted dpkg's package status info...the majority
of problems encountered were minor, easily solved with a few minutes
work (editing config files or resolving dependancies manually by
installing/removing stuff with dpkg). occasionally an updated version of
a package is extremely buggy and i have to revert to an earlier version.

the only time i have ever had to reinstall from scratch was the result
of hardware failure. dpkg isn't proof against a dead hard disk.


so, to reiterate what i said earlier: in theory, you might occasionally
need to re-install rather than upgradebut in practice that will only
be necessary if your hardware fails. invest in a tape backup system and
a UPS.

in other words, empirical evidence supports the assertion that There is
no need for a re-install 


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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread Steve Lamb
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 23:30:26 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:

Yes, but it is not the time to install hamm yet for an end user. I don't
think it is appropriate for Debian to switch over to Microsoft release
schedule (another extreme statement I'm happy to weak).

Rats, I'm not an end user?  *Steve looks at his hamm/slink system* 
Hrm...

What I wanted to say is similar to what Hamish said: The possibility to
update (most of the time even without reboot) Debian in place is a release
goal, and we are actually very good in achieving it.

I don't doubt that.

 Nah, just leave it at There are times when a reinstall is needed.

I would prefer There are times when a reinstalled may be preferred by the
user.

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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Can you give me or point me to 1.1 to 1.2 to 1.3, or 1.1 to 1.3,
 upgrade instructions? Thanks.

imo, you'd be better off waiting for hamm (2.0) to be released - or
order a pre-release hamm CD (there are several people who sell them...i
think netgod - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - burns unstable CDs on request).

hamm isn't released yet, but it is stable and high quality.  it works.

anyway, the autoup.sh script should be able to upgrade you from 1.1 to
2.0 without a problem...i know it was used to do that a few months ago,
but i don't think a buzz upgrade has been tested since then (not many
people are still running 1.1)

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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread Jaakko Niemi
 On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:15:07AM -0700, Nick Moffitt wrote:
  On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
  
   Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and
   superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through
   every version, even major version changes.
  
 I was told that there was a way to auto-upgrade.  That is, my
  debian system would mirror or sense an update on the net somehow, and then
  download all appropriate packages and install them.  Is this a myth, work
  in progress, or reality?
 
 This is reality, often tested and works on many systems.
 
 The script is called autoup.sh, and is available from Craig Sanders, but
 also via Debian. I don't have an adress handy, please look at the
 website/ftpsite/in the mailing list archives. If you don't find it, anybody
 else knows?

 The autoup.sh is ment to be used in bo-hamm upgrade, AFAIK.
 Normal updates are easy, just point dselect/apt to a mirror, get
 updates and let it install. Just fire up and tap enter a few times.

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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
j:
 
  The autoup.sh is ment to be used in bo-hamm upgrade, AFAIK.
  Normal updates are easy, just point dselect/apt to a mirror, get
  updates and let it install. Just fire up and tap enter a few times.

It is usually a good idea to upgrade dpkg first with dpkg, in case there
have been enhancements of the package system.

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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:47:20AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
 No, I draw an alternate conclusion based on facts and experiences
 seperate from your own.  We both could go blue in the face (or get advanced
 carpal tunnel) defending our stances.  I do not think either is wrong.  I
 just don't agree with the absolutes that all upgrades don't need a reinstall.

But that is a design goal of the distribution. If it is not being met,
it is a bug -- please report bugs as appropriate.


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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:25:08PM +0200, Jens Ritter wrote:
 Neil Cheshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
  Should I really wait for the stable release? Seeing as I am not 
  desperate to upgrade?
 
 In case it is expensive for you to get internet access, it is wise to
 wait for official cdroms.
 
 1.3.1 - hamm takes ~50 MB of downloads.

Really? My hamm system of a few weeks ago wants to download 70mb just
to get itself up to date.

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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 05:38:51PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
 On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 10:36:24 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
 
 But that is a design goal of the distribution. If it is not being met,
 it is a bug -- please report bugs as appropriate.
 
 It is an unobtainable goal.

I couldn't agree less. I think it has been obtained. I have three machines
which were all install with buzz (Debian 1.1); two are now running hamm,
one is now running bo. One was upgraded from buzz to rex to bo without
reboot during 160 days of uptime -- during those 160 days, both rexx
and bo were released and installed.

So my experience is that it works fine. What is your background with Debian?


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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Ed Cogburn
Hamish Moffatt wrote:
 
 On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:25:08PM +0200, Jens Ritter wrote:
  Neil Cheshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
   Should I really wait for the stable release? Seeing as I am not
   desperate to upgrade?
 
  In case it is expensive for you to get internet access, it is wise to
  wait for official cdroms.
 
  1.3.1 - hamm takes ~50 MB of downloads.
 
 Really? My hamm system of a few weeks ago wants to download 70mb just
 to get itself up to date.
 


Depends on what kind of stuff you already have installed.  On my 
bo-hamm
upgrade, I needed to download ~80mb.


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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 16 Jun 98 17:39:36 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

There is the package cruft in slink, which will compare dpkg's databases
with the installed files and print the differences (taking a lot of further
input into account).

It sounds like cruft does much the same as the verify script found
in RPM packages (in effect), in that it checks to see that the files
installed from the package are still there.  Am I right in saying
that?


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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 17 Jun 98 03:19:07 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:25:08PM +0200, Jens Ritter wrote:
  Neil Cheshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
   Should I really wait for the stable release? Seeing as I am not
   desperate to upgrade?
 
  In case it is expensive for you to get internet access, it is wise to
  wait for official cdroms.
 
  1.3.1 - hamm takes ~50 MB of downloads.
 
 Really? My hamm system of a few weeks ago wants to download 70mb just
 to get itself up to date.
 
   Depends on what kind of stuff you already have installed.  On my 
 bo-hamm
upgrade, I needed to download ~80mb.

Oh yeah?  Well _I_ needed to download 17 terabytes!  Beat that, I dare
you!!


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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread paulwade

On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Robert Wilderspin wrote:

 Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 03:27:50 GMT
 From: Robert Wilderspin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
 Subject: Re: Please clarify...
 Resent-Date: 17 Jun 1998 04:20:23 -
 Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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 On 17 Jun 98 03:19:07 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
  On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:25:08PM +0200, Jens Ritter wrote:
   Neil Cheshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Should I really wait for the stable release? Seeing as I am not
desperate to upgrade?
  
   In case it is expensive for you to get internet access, it is wise to
   wait for official cdroms.
  
   1.3.1 - hamm takes ~50 MB of downloads.
  
  Really? My hamm system of a few weeks ago wants to download 70mb just
  to get itself up to date.
  
  Depends on what kind of stuff you already have installed.  On my 
  bo-hamm
 upgrade, I needed to download ~80mb.
 
 Oh yeah?  Well _I_ needed to download 17 terabytes!  Beat that, I dare
 you!!

Oh yeah? On my hamm-bo DOWNGRADE, I had to UPLOAD more than that.




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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Fabien Ninoles
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 02:33:04AM +, Robert Wilderspin wrote:
 On 16 Jun 98 17:39:36 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 There is the package cruft in slink, which will compare dpkg's databases
 with the installed files and print the differences (taking a lot of further
 input into account).
 
 It sounds like cruft does much the same as the verify script found
 in RPM packages (in effect), in that it checks to see that the files
 installed from the package are still there.  Am I right in saying
 that?
 
 
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Not totally wrong except that cruft also check for file in dev, local
files, spool files, etc. You can make it run any scripts you want to
return a list of file paths that you consider to bbe (or must be) install
in your system. RPM -V only check for files in the DB. It doesn't check
for new files but check for change files, what I think cruft doesn't.
IIRC, dpkg-cert are the tools for that. May be a cruft script for using
with dpkg-cert will be appreciate. ;)

Just my 2 pennies.

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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread CHUCK
Can you give me or point me to 1.1 to 1.2 to 1.3, or 1.1 to 1.3, upgrade
instructions? Thanks.
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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:47:20AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
 On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:39:36 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
 
 No, I draw an alternate conclusion based on facts and experiences
 seperate from your own.  We both could go blue in the face (or get advanced
 carpal tunnel) defending our stances.  I do not think either is wrong.  I
 just don't agree with the absolutes that all upgrades don't need a reinstall.

Well, absolutes are for simplicity. It is true that every rule has its
exceptions. It seems we disagree a bit about how much exceptions are there
for a Debian upgrade needing a reinstall, but mostly we are saying the same
here.

 There is the package cruft in slink, which will compare dpkg's databases
 with the installed files and print the differences (taking a lot of further
 input into account).
 
 So, you're telling me to use a package in the unstable distribution
 that is one step beyond the unstable distribution that I want to upgrade to
 to take care of my installation?  ;)

Hehe. Really smart :) Call it calculable risk. Cruft is actually not doing
anything but printing a list of files. Some sort of filtered and reordered
find /. But you know that already, don't you :)

 Those are two different things. Please read again my note about hamm is not
 released yet. But read also below about exceptions.
 
 Uhm, no.  They were about the same thing.  Someone wanting to reinstall
 from bo to hamm.

Yes, but it is not the time to install hamm yet for an end user. I don't
think it is appropriate for Debian to switch over to Microsoft release
schedule (another extreme statement I'm happy to weak).

What I wanted to say is similar to what Hamish said: The possibility to
update (most of the time even without reboot) Debian in place is a release
goal, and we are actually very good in achieving it.

Alas, reality is not perfect, and won't do us the favour to comply with
theory. So, there may be cases where a reinstall is the better solution,
especially if the user isn't experienced enough to reesolve small glitches.

(A sysadmin would rather fix a partly broken setup than reinstalling. Users
may prefer to reinstall instead.)

The only case where I needed a reinstall was when I accidently removed the
/var directory completely, deleting all dpkg status files and lots more!
(And no backup...)

Once I accidently crashed the system, whole /etc was gone to lost+found. I
did fix the system manually. I did only reinstall some packages to get the
conf files back I couldn't find. 

 Satisfied?
 
 Nah, just leave it at There are times when a reinstall is needed.

I would prefer There are times when a reinstalled may be preferred by the
user.

Seldom a reinstall is really needed, it does depend what is more work,
fixing or reinstalling.

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 Heh, but it makes a tasty pie.

Mmmh, *chew, chew*.

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Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Neil Cheshire
Hi,

Could someone please clarify for me about all the Debian releases. I 
currently run Debian 1.3 which is bo , right? I haven't really done much 
to my system so was going to reinstall with Debian 2.0 which is hamm , 
ok so far? So what is slink? Is this what is coming out in June, ie. a 
stable hamm? Will that be 2.1 or is that coming later?
Should I really wait for the stable release? Seeing as I am not 
desperate to upgrade?

1.2 rex
1.3 bo
2.0 hamm?

Info please!

Thanks, Neil.


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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread David Z. Maze

Neil Cheshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
NC Could someone please clarify for me about all the Debian
NC releases. I currently run Debian 1.3 which is bo , right? I
NC haven't really done much to my system so was going to reinstall
NC with Debian 2.0 which is hamm , ok so far?

All good so far.  :-)

NC So what is slink? Is this what is coming out in June, ie. a 
NC stable hamm? Will that be 2.1 or is that coming later?

hamm is Debian 2.0, which will be released Real Soon Now (TM).  slink
is Debian 2.1, which will be released sometime later.

NC Should I really wait for the stable release? Seeing as I am not 
NC desperate to upgrade?

It depends on whether you care about the last few little bugs.  In my
experience, hamm (and even slink) have been pretty stable so far.

NC 1.2 rex
NC 1.3 bo
NC 2.0 hamm?
2.1 slink

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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread servis
On 16 Jun, David Z. Maze wrote:
 
 Neil Cheshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 NC Could someone please clarify for me about all the Debian
 NC releases. I currently run Debian 1.3 which is bo , right? I
 NC haven't really done much to my system so was going to reinstall
 NC with Debian 2.0 which is hamm , ok so far?

Not sure what you mean by 'reinstall' but with Debian it is not
necessary to wipe clean and start over.  You can upgrade in place. If
you are going to upgrade from bo(1.3) to hamm(2.0) you should get the
'autoup.sh' script that has been written to help with the process.

Goto http://debian.vicnet.net.au/autoup/ to get all the necessary file
to start your upgrade.

[remainder of questions already answered]

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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 07:48:26AM -0700, Neil Cheshire wrote:
 Hi,
 
 Could someone please clarify for me about all the Debian releases. I 
 currently run Debian 1.3 which is bo , right?

Yes.

 I haven't really done much 
 to my system so was going to reinstall with Debian 2.0 which is hamm , 
 ok so far?

Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and
superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through
every version, even major version changes.

Again: Dpkg is designed to handle all upgrades. There are some things to
watch for, but nothing serious. If you can't update your system cleanly, it
is a bug (and a severe one, too).

Reinstalls are for Windows.

 So what is slink? Is this what is coming out in June, ie. a 
 stable hamm?

No. Hamm will be released as stable as soon it is finished.

 Will that be 2.1 or is that coming later?

The next release will be Hamm 2.0. Slink 2.1 will come after that, probably
September/october.

 Should I really wait for the stable release? Seeing as I am not 
 desperate to upgrade?

You should wait for the stable release. If you need security updates, they
are incorporated in bo. If you need other upgrades, they are probably in
bo-updates or bo-unstable at the ftp site.

If you are an experienced user and want to test the upgrade, you are welcome
to do so before the stable release (I run hamm since november last year).
Note. however, that it *may* crash your system seriously (not that I think
of a special bug, but take care).
 
 1.2 rex
 1.3 bo
 2.0 hamm?

2.1 slink

1.1 (0.93?) buzz

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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 18:50:15 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:

Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and
superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through
every version, even major version changes.

Rght, that is why we see people in here complaining about problems
with a bo-hamm upgrade.  I'm sorry, but some things should have a reinstall.
 That is why the superior method it to seperate the static OS directories
on their own partitions and just wipe them out.  All you really need to save
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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 09:52:12AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
 On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 18:50:15 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
 
 Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and
 superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through
 every version, even major version changes.
 
 Rght, that is why we see people in here complaining about problems
 with a bo-hamm upgrade.  I'm sorry, but some things should have a reinstall.
  That is why the superior method it to seperate the static OS directories
 on their own partitions and just wipe them out.  All you really need to save
 is /etc.

Steve,

there are two cases where an upgrade can fail:

1) You waited to long. It may be hard to upgrade a rexx system (although
possible), and even harder to upgrade a buzz system, because interim
releases are not available.
2) You changed the system in places unknown to dpkg. I'm not sure how much
this can do harm. Dpkg has configuration file handling, but installing local
software elsewhere than in /usr/local can rise problems. PLease use
/usr/local and the appropriate places instead.
3) A bug in either a package or dpkg. Please report the bug, we'll try to
fix it, thank you.

People complaining about bo-hamm upgrade should not try to upgrade at all.
Hamm is not released software yet. Everyone installing it before release
time knows that he must expect problems. We appreciate testing reports, but
not at the cost of disappointing our users. This is the reason why we don't
encourage installing hamm, although it's quite stable.

There are many boxes, where outtime does cost real money and wiping out
the partition is not possible. Debian works fine there, and many people used
Debian without reinstall up from the very first beginning.

Please don't spread FUD about it. I upgraded more than one system from bo to
hamm manually, not only recently but also in earlier states of hamm. The
success varied, but made me optimistic that mostly all users can upgrade
easily (either using autoup.sh or apt) to hamm *without* reinstall.

My observations on the various debian lists, including debian-testing,
only support this opinion.

BTW: You also want to keep /usr/local, /home and parts of /var.

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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Nick Moffitt
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:

 Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and
 superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through
 every version, even major version changes.

I was told that there was a way to auto-upgrade.  That is, my
debian system would mirror or sense an update on the net somehow, and then
download all appropriate packages and install them.  Is this a myth, work
in progress, or reality?


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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:15:07AM -0700, Nick Moffitt wrote:
 On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
 
  Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and
  superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through
  every version, even major version changes.
 
   I was told that there was a way to auto-upgrade.  That is, my
 debian system would mirror or sense an update on the net somehow, and then
 download all appropriate packages and install them.  Is this a myth, work
 in progress, or reality?

This is reality, often tested and works on many systems.

The script is called autoup.sh, and is available from Craig Sanders, but
also via Debian. I don't have an adress handy, please look at the
website/ftpsite/in the mailing list archives. If you don't find it, anybody
else knows?

Be sure to read the mini-HOWTO and take a look at the script, so that you
roughly understand what it is doing.

The alternative is to use apt. Nobody knows which of both works better.

Marcus

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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:07:27 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:

there are two cases where an upgrade can fail:

A monty Python fan there, eh?

1) You waited to long. It may be hard to upgrade a rexx system (although
2) You changed the system in places unknown to dpkg. I'm not sure how much
3) A bug in either a package or dpkg. Please report the bug, we'll try to

;)

Please don't spread FUD about it.

I love that term, FUD.  It implies an untruth.  It is true that people
have complained about a bo-hamm upgade on this list.

Here is another truth.  I've got directories and files that were not
removed when a package was purged.  Easiest way to reclaim all this space,
aside from a few hours of searching the entire HD is to take about an hour to
just wipe the main static portions while leaving the dynamic portions alone.

hamm manually, not only recently but also in earlier states of hamm. The
success varied, but made me optimistic that mostly all users can upgrade
easily (either using autoup.sh or apt) to hamm *without* reinstall.

This goes against this:

Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and
superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through
every version, even major version changes.

The success varied and that mostly all users can upgrade easily...to
hamm *without* reinstall also states that there were failures and that there
will be users who cannot uprgrade w/o a reinstall.  There is no need for a
re-install is an aboslute.  In your own words you have conceeded there will
be cases that there will be a need for a reinstall.

BTW: You also want to keep /usr/local, /home and parts of /var.

People generally seperate those out from / while /etc is not.  I did
state that one would be replacing the Static portions of the OS. 
/usr/local, /home, /var, /tmp are rarely static.


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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:20:02AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
 On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:07:27 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
 
 there are two cases where an upgrade can fail:
 
 A monty Python fan there, eh?

I study mathematics --- I can neither count nor calculate :)
 
 1) You waited to long. It may be hard to upgrade a rexx system (although
 2) You changed the system in places unknown to dpkg. I'm not sure how much
 3) A bug in either a package or dpkg. Please report the bug, we'll try to
 
 ;)
 
 Please don't spread FUD about it.
 
 I love that term, FUD.  It implies an untruth.  It is true that people
 have complained about a bo-hamm upgade on this list.

But you draw the wrong conclusions. I already told you that hamm is not
released. If there are many severe problems with the upgrade from category
three above *after* we release hamm, I'm happy to agree with you.
 
 Here is another truth.  I've got directories and files that were not
 removed when a package was purged.

Those are bugs, please report them (please don't report when directories are
left --- this bug is known and reported multiple times. It is so old, you
can almost call it a feature :)

 Easiest way to reclaim all this space,
 aside from a few hours of searching the entire HD is to take about an hour to
 just wipe the main static portions while leaving the dynamic portions alone.

There is the package cruft in slink, which will compare dpkg's databases
with the installed files and print the differences (taking a lot of further
input into account).

 hamm manually, not only recently but also in earlier states of hamm. The
 success varied, but made me optimistic that mostly all users can upgrade
 easily (either using autoup.sh or apt) to hamm *without* reinstall.
 
 This goes against this:
 
 Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and
 superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through
 every version, even major version changes.
 
 The success varied and that mostly all users can upgrade easily...to
 hamm *without* reinstall also states that there were failures and that there
 will be users who cannot uprgrade w/o a reinstall.

Those are two different things. Please read again my note about hamm is not
released yet. But read also below about exceptions.

 There is no need for a
 re-install is an aboslute.  In your own words you have conceeded there will
 be cases that there will be a need for a reinstall.

Oh well, write it on a poster and stick it on a wall: I made a too extreme
statement. For the record:

There are cases were a reinstall is better than an update. If this is the
result of a problem in the Debian distribution, please report it as a bug.

Satisfied?

In my opinion, a few directories left over do not warrant a reinstall. YMMV.

 BTW: You also want to keep /usr/local, /home and parts of /var.
 
 People generally seperate those out from / while /etc is not.  I did
 state that one would be replacing the Static portions of the OS. 
 /usr/local, /home, /var, /tmp are rarely static.

Ok.

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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:39:36 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:

 I love that term, FUD.  It implies an untruth.  It is true that people
 have complained about a bo-hamm upgade on this list.

But you draw the wrong conclusions. I already told you that hamm is not
released. If there are many severe problems with the upgrade from category
three above *after* we release hamm, I'm happy to agree with you.

No, I draw an alternate conclusion based on facts and experiences
seperate from your own.  We both could go blue in the face (or get advanced
carpal tunnel) defending our stances.  I do not think either is wrong.  I
just don't agree with the absolutes that all upgrades don't need a reinstall.

There is the package cruft in slink, which will compare dpkg's databases
with the installed files and print the differences (taking a lot of further
input into account).

So, you're telling me to use a package in the unstable distribution
that is one step beyond the unstable distribution that I want to upgrade to
to take care of my installation?  ;)

Those are two different things. Please read again my note about hamm is not
released yet. But read also below about exceptions.

Uhm, no.  They were about the same thing.  Someone wanting to reinstall
from bo to hamm.

Satisfied?

Nah, just leave it at There are times when a reinstall is needed.

In my opinion, a few directories left over do not warrant a reinstall. YMMV.

That was an exmaple.

Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ 
  ^^

Heh, but it makes a tasty pie.



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Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Jens Ritter
Neil Cheshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Should I really wait for the stable release? Seeing as I am not 
 desperate to upgrade?

In case it is expensive for you to get internet access, it is wise to
wait for official cdroms.

1.3.1 - hamm takes ~50 MB of downloads.

Jens
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