[gobolinux-users] Update Sequence

[Michael Homer]

On 4/6/07, gobolinux at tjconnell.co.uk <gobolinux at tjconnell.co.uk> wrote:
> on 5/4/07 8:14 AM, Michael Homer <gobo-users-dufus at wotfun.com> wrote:
>
> > 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).
>
> I am not into playing with CVS! When will there be a package or recipe in the
> repository?
Tuesday. Probably Monday evening for you. I may manage to push out a
release candidate before then, but I don't have a Gobo system on hand
at the moment (long weekend) and I'm leery of making up a package
without being able to test it.

There is no risk in checking it out from CVS, though - you can just
follow the instructions I pointed to, and check out tools/Freshen-2.0.
Then run bin/Freshen from within that. The only difference between
what's in the repo now and what I package up will be a version bump.
It doesn't require CVS versions of anything else.
> >> 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.
>
> I will look this up, but see below
Ditto - URL to the post in the archives is below.
> > To upgrade Glibc you must have at least a 2.6.20 kernel - that's what
> > the current package is compiled against.
>
> Is that the Package labelled Linux?
Yes.
> > InstallPackage/Compile -should- prompt you to fulfil dependencies when
> > you run them, though, which gives you some guidance.
>
> Coreutils asked for Glibc which I ok'd! Glibc DID NOT ask for a kernel change!
That's concerning. The dependencies should definitely be updated.
Jonas has just updated Scripts to special-case Glibc, so the next
release will avoid that problem.
> >> 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.
>
> I cannot do this my copy of gobolinux will not now boot! It gives a kernel panic
> with the same KERNEL TOO OLD message during the init script
Like Jonatan said, use the LiveCD. You won't be able to chroot in
(because the CD kernel is also too old), so follow the instructions in
http://lists.gobolinux.org/pipermail/gobolinux-devel/2007-March/002236.html
and you'll be right. Then upgrade the kernel so you don't run into the
same problem again.
-Michael