[ale] if 'dpkg' is removed, will this entirely disable all up-dating/grading & apt-getfunctions?

[Courtney Thomas]

Thank you.

The upgrade to testing is now underway.

I assume I will then be able to install whatever kernel I wish without the
previous barriers.

How do I implement 'firewire' capability  ?  I had it in 2.4.17 but don't
see it now as an option
under 'make menuconfig' and forgot how I did it previously    :-(  I have a
sizable external HD
that runs under firewire.

Any recommendations regarding which kernel to install  ?

Courtney



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Sumners" <james.sumners at gmail.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] if 'dpkg' is removed,will this entirely disable all
up-dating/grading & apt-getfunctions?


> Those were just guesses made from quick searches. Since you have
> somehow installed packages from the testing tree, I'm going to
> recommend that you go ahead and upgrade to testing. Then, when testing
> becomes stable, change back to stable before your next update. Comment
> out the security repository in your sources.list, change "sarge" to
> "testing" in the other repository, and then `apt-get update && apt-get
> dist-upgrade`. When Etch is released later this year, uncomment the
> security repository, change the branches to "stable" and do `apt-get
> update && apt-get upgrade` (don't need to do a dist-upgrade since you
> will already be running Etch). Be sure to edit the sources.list before
> doing any update or package install after Etch has been released;
> otherwise, you will install packages from the next release of Debian.
>
> A further word of warning. Testing can get quite broken, particularly
> during package freeze (which should be soon). It takes a minimum of
> two days (see http://www.debian.org/devel/testing) for a package to
> migrate from unstable to testing. So if package X depends on package
> Y, and package Y is broken, you won't be able to install package X
> until a fixed package Y comes in from unstable. It's about a 50/50
> chance as to wether this will affect you between now and release. But
> upgrading to testing will be the easiest way, short of a reinstall, to
> fix your problems now.
>
> Personally, I prefer to run stable on my servers and unstable on my
> desktops. I don't like using testing because of the previously
> described problem.
>
> On 10/23/06, Courtney Thomas <courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > James,
> >
> > You give me too much credit :-)
> >
> > I installed this machine about 5 yrs ago and I frankly don't remember
> > all that's been done nor how, but find myself needing this machine now
and
> > welcome the opportunity to learn Debian and plan on being systematic in
> > my future effort here as it is obviously required whereas before I was
> > merely
> > probing and running applications.
> >
> > But in any case, I now want to straighten it out. It has lain fallow for
> > several
> > years but I have quite a few applications installed that I don't intend
> > abandoning.
> >
> > Ubuntu didn't even exist when this machine was installed and I in
ignorance
> > have obviously unwittingly made errors.
> >
> > If you find all this unworthy of your time, no problem and I profusely
thank
> > you again for your past effort.
> >
> > Cordially,
> > Courtney
>
> -- 
> James Sumners
> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
>
> "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
>
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