[Mageia-dev] ANNOUNCE: The /usr move cometh! <---- Instructions

Sun Jul 22 19:13:52 CEST 2012

'Twas brillig, and Olivier Blin at 22/07/12 14:01 did gyre and gimble:
+> Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> writes:
+> 
+>> OK, so the packages have now all been uploaded.
+>>
+>> You should see several packages now that you cannot install on Cauldron.
+>> This is intended behaviour.
+>>
+>> Here is how to update your cauldron systems:
+>>
+>>  1. Run "urpmi --auto-update" install everything that can be installed.
+>>  2. Ensure that latest dracut is installed. Run "urpmi dracut" to make
+>> sure (it may have been excluded in the --auto-update if it was in a
+>> transaction with other packages that could not be installed).
+>>  3. Ensure that you do not have zapata or dpkg installed (rpm -e zapata;
+>> rpm -e dpkg)
+> 
+> dpkg >= 1.16.0.1-3.mga3 should be safe to keep, since I removed
+> /usr/sbin/install-info
+> 
+> It will hit the mirrors in a few minutes.
+
+Cool. Will that work for everything that needs install-info? I thought
+that the one from dpkg was compatible with the one from texinfo but not
+the other way around? If that's the case, then I guess we should use
+alternatives (uggg!)?
+
+
+Col
+
+
+-- 
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