[gobolinux-users] Update Sequence

[Michael Homer]

On 4/5/07, gobolinux at tjconnell.co.uk <gobolinux at tjconnell.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,.
>
> Is there no mechanism through the Manager for identifying correctly the
> sequence in which updates should be installed?
No. You can check out Freshen from CVS and use it to automate the
whole process, or produce an ordered list. I will tag a release on
Tuesday (older releases do not perform this ordering).
The CVS details are at
https://savannah.nongnu.org/cvs/?group=goboscripts - it's under
tools/Freshen-2.0, if you don't want to check out the whole tree.
> I installed a clean 013 system today and thought that I would bring it right
> up to date with all amended packages! The packages are listed in alphabetic
> order and so that is the order I chose! All went OK until I tried to update
> CoreUtils, which required GLibc! The installation of GLibc seemed to go OK,
> but when the CoreUtils installation recommenced I got a series of messages
> saying KERNEL TOO OLD and now it wont boot!
Check the list archives for how to fix this; there's a post by me a
few weeks ago laying it out from when I ran into the same problem.
> Booting gives the same message during INIT
>
> I notice that there is a Linux update in the list! Should this be installed
> first? and if so does it need any rerequisites and how does a user determine
> from the list which ones to install first?
To upgrade Glibc you must have at least a 2.6.20 kernel - that's what
the current package is compiled against.
> How have others solved this or doesnt anyone bother updating?
New Freshen does it. I will try pushing out a release candidate
tonight, if you like (reply if you want it; I haven't got a CVS
checkout here and it'll take a while to do one over this connection,
so I won't do it if you don't need it) - or you can get it from CVS as
detailed above.
InstallPackage/Compile -should- prompt you to fulfil dependencies when
you run them, though, which gives you some guidance.
> I now need to reinstall again from the LiveCD, but before I do so I
> wouldlike to know how to update it!
Again, see the list archives. "Upgrading Glibc" on -users. You don't
have to reinstall, just symlink in the old Glibc. Then upgrade the
kernel and go.
-Michael