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

[Colin Guthrie]

'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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