From rpm-list-admin@freshrpms.net Wed Oct 2 11:45:06 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A14BB16F16 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:45:05 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 02 Oct 2002 11:45:05 +0100 (IST) Received: from egwn.net (ns2.egwn.net [193.172.5.4]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g928tEK01163 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:55:15 +0100 Received: from auth02.nl.egwn.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by egwn.net (8.11.6/8.11.6/EGWN) with ESMTP id g928s3f14313; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:54:03 +0200 Received: from python (gw01.es3.egwn.net [212.9.66.13]) (authenticated) by egwn.net (8.11.6/8.11.6/EGWN) with ESMTP id g928rQf05978 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:53:27 +0200 From: Matthias Saou To: rpm-zzzlist@freshrpms.net Subject: Re: use new apt to do null to RH8 upgrade? Message-Id: <20021002105324.5ee715d2.matthias@egwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20021002030039.706c6eca.kilroy@kamakiriad.com> References: <20021001.558.00260600@www.dudex.net> <20021002030039.706c6eca.kilroy@kamakiriad.com> Organization: Electronic Group Interactive X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.3claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux) Reply-BY: Tue, 24 Jul 2000 19:02:00 +1000 X-Operating-System: GNU/Linux power! X-Message-Flag: Try using a real operating system : GNU/Linux power! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailscanner: Found to be clean, Found to be clean Sender: rpm-zzzlist-admin@freshrpms.net Errors-To: rpm-zzzlist-admin@freshrpms.net X-Beenthere: rpm-zzzlist@freshrpms.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rpm-zzzlist@freshrpms.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Freshrpms RPM discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Original-Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:53:24 +0200 Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:53:24 +0200 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-10.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,IN_REP_TO,KNOWN_MAILING_LIST,NOSPAM_INC, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, SIGNATURE_LONG_SPARSE version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: Once upon a time, Brian wrote : > Yeah, I need to work this out, too; I just learned my lesson about > living on the bleeding edge. Lesson learned? NO MORE XIMIAN, UNDER > ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. Man, that was annoying. We all learned that sooner or later, right? When I got down to that myself is when I started redhat.aldil.org, now known as freshrpms.net ;-) > Anyway, I have returned to Redhat 7.3 on my root filesystem (saved my > home directories, music and games on other partitions) and while I > have the 8.0 stuff in the list, everything I want to upgrade requires > 200+ RPMs. > > I'm not opposed to this, but apt is. "apt-get dist-upgrade" dumps > core. Strange. Anyway, although I'd easily recommend upgrading 7.x to 7.3 using apt, I wouldn't for 7.x to 8.0 as they are C++ binary incompatible... and apt is entirely written in C++ and dynamically linked :-/ Still, that doesn't explain a core dump :-( > What's the inside secret here, or do I just start searching mirrors > for the ISO and get over it? Why "search"? There's more than enough to choose from here : http://freshrpms.net/mirrors/psyche.html Matthias -- Matthias Saou World Trade Center ------------- Edificio Norte 4 Planta System and Network Engineer 08039 Barcelona, Spain Electronic Group Interactive Phone : +34 936 00 23 23 _______________________________________________ RPM-List mailing list http://lists.freshrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list