Peter, On additional observation I see one big difference...
You are using "Aptitude" where I use "apt-get" exclusively. They use separate package management databases that until recently could not be synced with each other. That is why the major attempted delete was attempted by the script; also anything that happens in a script is not logged, thus the lack of items in the log. Dave On 01/04/2011 10:04 AM, Peter Gamache/KC0TFB wrote: > It looks like considerable excitement has occurred in the evening I spent > away from my email... > > David, would you care to share your logs so I may understand what > happened? The logs of interest are in /var/log/apt. I'd like to see both > history.log and term.log for the period in which you ran the cvsbuild > script. > > The script simply doesn't contain any instructions for apt to > remove/purge/delete anything, so if something got deleted, it may have > been a pending change to your system that was already queued for dpkg to > act upon - something that it would do when any subsequent action was > performed with apt-get (like an ordinary update/upgrade cycle). Did you > have any previous installations, removals or upgrades that had only > partially completed, prior to running the script? Did you regularly keep > your system updated with "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade", prior > to running the script? > > Also, these development libraries you speak of ... were they installed in > /usr/lib, /var/lib, or somewhere else? It's possible, if you named > something the same as one of the libraries to be installed, or if you > installed the source of a standard package, then modified it and installed > it where the default library lives, that it would be overwritten by any > future updates. The dpkg/apt system provides a way to freeze packages, > preventing the normal update/upgrade cycle from pulling down new ones - if > you modify a standard library, it's important to flag the package(s) so > they don't get overwritten by subsequent officially-maintained versions. > > Thanks, > -PG > > Jason Godfrey wrote: >> The following is speculation based on my experience with other package >> managers. I have only used Ubuntu a little bit. I also don't know about >> any >> customizations to your system. Take the following suggestion at your own >> risk. >> >> My guess is that interrupting the update process is what caused the >> problem. >> Your software is probably in a weird partially updated state. Running the >> script again or "sudo aptitude update" might restore your system to a >> working state. >> >> - Jason >> >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:05 AM, David A Aitcheson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Okay I was able to get it stopped as it was downloading the third >>> package and before it did any damage to my developement libraries for my >>> college courses. >>> >>> It wanted to wipe out 66 packages that are used on a weekly basis for my >>> college code and hardware developement courses in Alternative Energy. >>> >>> A lot of them are really weird "how to relate to the windows world" >>> translators. >>> >>> What really irked me was that it takes off and goes with no "are you >>> sure" question after it figures out what it needs to do; so if someone >>> hits go and walks away it could be a "mess maker" is all that can render >>> it down to. >>> >>> It might be best to use on a machine that is only used for XASTIR and >>> nothing else. >>> >>> I am a college senior on a five year plan; starting the final year this >>> month. At 52 I don't have another 4 years to rebuild everything. >>> >>> Dave - KB3EFS >>> >>> >>> On 01/03/2011 08:52 PM, Jason Godfrey wrote: >>>> The script doesn't look like it deletes any packages, only updates. >>>> Perhaps some dependancies for your broken programs were updated, and >>>> updating those programs will fix it. I would have thought the package >>>> manager would of handled that. >>>> >>>> Really, four years? >>>> - Jason >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 6:52 PM, David A Aitcheson >>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> ONE HUGE PROBLEM... >>>> >>>> This script removes WITHOUT WARNING a bunch of things that BROKE a >>> HUGE >>>> bunch or other programs for me. >>>> >>>> Thanks for setting me back four (4) years. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 01/03/2011 02:51 PM, Peter Gamache/KC0TFB wrote: >>>> > Good catch! I've fixed that. >>>> > >>>> > Prior to yesterday's release, I tried the script on two >>> different >>>> systems: >>>> > one virgin install of 10.10 and another that was upgraded from >>>> 10.04 to >>>> > 10.10 (without having run the script prior to the upgrade). It >>> seemed >>>> > fine on both systems anyway, but it seems more common-sensical >>> to >>>> do it >>>> > with the proper release name, as lucid and maverick may diverge >>> on >>>> the GIS >>>> > repo in the future. >>>> > >>>> > Thanks, >>>> > -PG / KC0TFB >>>> > >>>> > Tom Russo wrote: >>>> >> One quick comment: Your script adds the PPA for UbuntuGIS, >>> which >>>> is a >>>> >> good >>>> >> thing, but always seems to add the "lucid" version to the apt >>> sources >>>> >> list, >>>> >> even if it's detected Maverick. >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > Xastir mailing list >>>> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> David A Aitcheson >>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> david.aitcheson on google and skype >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Xastir mailing list >>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution. >>>> -- Wernher von Braun >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> David A Aitcheson >>> [email protected] >>> david.aitcheson on google and skype >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution. -- >> Wernher von Braun >> _______________________________________________ >> Xastir mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir >> > > > -- David A Aitcheson [email protected] david.aitcheson on google and skype _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
