To: Ian Smith <ian@beaky.force9.co.uk> Subject: Re: Slink upgrade - the pain of it !!!!! From: Steve Dunham <dunham@cse.msu.edu> Date: 05 Apr 1999 15:26:48 -0400 Ian Smith <ian@beaky.force9.co.uk> writes: > Hi all, > [To the list] I am posting here because I think this might be a > potential release control problem. > Just got my slink CDs from Linux Central, and had _loads_ of problems > which I did not expect as I am relatively experienced with this Debian > stuff (upgrades included). Basically, whichever disk I tried, there > were always 13/17Mb of packages "held back". > I am wondering whether their images are out of date or if the twin-CD > apt-get -f dist-upgrade is FUBAR. As I write this, I am downloading the > last 13Mb of my upgrade over a slow V34 dialup link at full daily rates > :( I'd say that it's FU but not FUBAR. The multicd support in apt is currently broken, you can get around it by doing multiple runs with the "-m" option added. (The problem is that it doesn't actually support multiple CDs in one session.) Steve dunham@cse.msu.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org