< --- using a testing update ... was kind of surprised on Sunday when an 'aptitude dist-upgrade' sucked down 34 megs of updates, including tar, diff, sed, and a number of other basic-level components.
I haven't had any serious breakage, but then I'm not using my home machine for a lot outside of websurfing, basic stuff ...and oh yeah, that shell scripting for dummies course at ARC. Wonder what's going to happen when I try to do this week's homework. Any particular crashes I should look for? rb > -----Original Message----- > > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 10:32:27PM -0800, Dmitriy wrote: > > From: Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Warning: glibc 2.3.1 entering testing soon > > Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 04:10:53 +1000 > > > > glibc 2.3.1-14 should be entering testing "tomorrow" (sometime around 30 > > hours from now, depending on your mirror). Along with it, some 800 other > > source packages and all their binaries are expected to be updated. For > > those of you running testing systems, please take care of the next few > > days' upgrades, as a number of things *will* break. > [...] > > There may be undiscovered interactions between the software that isn't > > being updated yet, and the 800 packages that are being updated. > Given that > > so many packages are being updated in a single hit, and that a number > > of core packages (gcc, perl, python, gnome, kde) will differ between > > testing and unstable, this is significantly more likely than usual. > > > > In short, please take care administering any testing systems you rely > > on over the next few days. > > - So how many people out there are using testing? > - Have any of you had problems with recent updates? > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
