YDL 2.2 Upgrade instructions

Dan Burcaw yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Tue Apr 9 20:54:01 2002


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> [root@rom1 /root]# apt-get update
> Hit ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2/base/pkglist.main
> Get:1 ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2 release.main
> Ign ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2 release.main
> Hit ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2/base/pkglist.extra
> Get:2 ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2 release.extra
> Ign ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2 release.extra
> Hit ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2/base/srclist.main
> Get:3 ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2 release.main
> Ign ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2 release.main
> Get:4 ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2/base/srclist.extra
> Err ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2/base/srclist.extra
>    Unable to fetch file, server said 
> '/pub/yellowdog/apt/2.2/base/srclist.extra.bz2: No such file or 
> directory  '
> Get:5 ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2 release.extra
> Ign ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2 release.extra
> Hit ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2/base/pkglist.update
> Get:6 ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2 release.update
> Ign ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2 release.update
> Hit ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2/base/srclist.update
> Get:7 ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2 release.update
> Ign ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2 release.update
> Get:8 ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2/base/mirrors
> Ign ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2/base/mirrors
> Get:9 ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2/base/mirrors
> Ign ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2/base/mirrors
> Get:10 ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2/base/mirrors
> Ign ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.2/base/mirrors
> Failed to fetch 
> ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/apt/2.2/base/srclist.extra
>    Unable to fetch file, server said 
> '/pub/yellowdog/apt/2.2/base/srclist.extra.bz2: No such file or 
> directory  '
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or 
> old ones used instead.
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> 
> Did I do something wrong?

Nope, this is fine.


> A subsequent attempt at dist-upgrade yields:
> 
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> [root@rom1 /root]# apt-get dist-upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
>    glibc: Depends: glibc-common (= 2.2.4-19k) but it is not installed
>    sane-frontends: Obsoletes: sane
>    stunnel: Depends: /usr/bin/getent
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
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> 
> I don't want to do the -f if the issue can be resolved by 
> more..."peaceful" means.  ;-)


Give -f a try.. that's actually pretty peaceful... :-)