[Vectorlinux-devel] Upgrading VL 5.8 via slapt-get --dist-upgrade

[John <joh...@gm...>]

I was going to upgrade my VL 5.8 RC 2 to final using slapt-get --dist-upgrade. 
To see what would happen if I did so, I entered the following version of the 
slapt-get command (yes, I did have the latest slapt-getrc):

VL58STDRC2://home/john
root:# slapt-get -s --dist-upgrade

That version of the command simulates what would happen. There are four areas 
of concern below. I will intersperse my comments with the output from 
slapt-get --dist-upgrade:

Reading Package Lists... Done
Excluding vl-hot, use --ignore-dep to override
Excluding vcpufreq, use --ignore-dep to override
Excluding goffice, use --ignore-dep to override
Excluding abiword, use --ignore-dep to override
Excluding frozen-bubble, use --ignore-dep to override
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  vl-hot: Depends: gambas-runtime_full >= 1.0.15 | gambas >= 1.0.15
  vcpufreq: Depends: gambas >= 1.0.15
  goffice: Depends: freetype >= 2.2.1

The issue here is that freetype 2.2.1 is not in the VL 5.8 repository. Unless 
there was a compelling reason to upgrade from 2.1.9 to 2.2.1, this item is 
going to cause issues unless I use the --ignore-dep switch to do the 
dist-upgrade.

  abiword: Depends: x11-base >= 7.1

This is an even BIGGER issue. We don't have x 7.1 in the repository. I hope 
this package works correctly under x 6.9.0, which is what is on VL 5.8. While 
it's nice for us to be able to play with xorg 7.1, until it is officially in 
the repository, do NOT build ANY packages that link against xorg 7.1. 
Otherwise, slapt-get will complain.

  frozen-bubble: Depends: perl-gettext >= 1.0.5-noarch-1vl58

Is perl-gettext in the main repo, or is it in testing? I'll need to check.

The following packages have been EXCLUDED:
  vl-hot vcpufreq goffice abiword frozen-bubble
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  ntfs-3g ntfsprogs sharutils sshfs-fuse vlconfig2
The following packages will be upgraded:
  cups fuse xpdf libgpg-error parted libgcrypt ndiswrapper a52dec VL5.8 Mesa
  smpeg htop grsync SDL_Perl gaim xine-ui xine-lib xfce xfprint MPlayer
20 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 34MB of archives.
After unpacking 51MB of additional disk space will be used.
cups-1.2.4-i586-2vl58 is to be upgraded to version 1.2.6-i586-2vl58
fuse-2.5.3-i586-4vl58 is to be upgraded to version 2.6.1-i586-3vl58
ntfs-3g-20061212-i586-2vl58 is to be installed
ntfsprogs-1.13.1-i586-4vl58 is to be installed
sharutils-4.6.3-i486-1 is to be installed
sshfs-fuse-1.7-i586-1vl58 is to be installed
vlconfig2-5.8-i586-1vl58 is to be installed
xpdf-3.01-i486-4 is to be upgraded to version 3.01-i586-4vl58
libgpg-error-1.0-i486-4vl58 is to be upgraded to version 1.3-i586-2vl58
parted-1.6.25.1-i586-4vl58 is to be upgraded to version 1.8.0-i586-4vl58
libgcrypt-1.2.1-i486-4vl58 is to be upgraded to version 1.2.1-i586-4vl58
ndiswrapper-1.23_2.6.17.13-i586-4vl58 is to be upgraded to version 
1.29_2.6.17.13-i586-1vl58
a52dec-0.7.4-i486-4vl58 is to be upgraded to version 0.7.4-i586-4vl58
VL5.8-initscipts-noarch-4vl58 is to be upgraded to version 
initscripts-noarch-4vl58
Mesa-6.5.1-i586-4vl58 is to be upgraded to version 6.5.1-i586-5vl58
smpeg-0.4.4-i586-4vl58 is to be upgraded to version 
0.4.5.cvs.2006.11.29-i586-1vl58
htop-0.6.4-i586-4vl58 is to be upgraded to version 0.6.5-i586-1vl58
grsync-0.1-i586-4vl58 is to be upgraded to version 0.5-i586-4vl58
SDL_Perl-2.1.3-i586-4vl58 is to be upgraded to version 2.1.3-i586-6vl58
gaim-2.0.0beta4-i586-4vl58 is to be upgraded to version 2.0.0beta5-i586-2vl58
xine-ui-0.99.4-i586-4vl58 is to be upgraded to version 0.99.4-i586-5vl58
xine-lib-1.0.2-i586-4vl58 is to be upgraded to version 1.1.2-i586-4vl58
xfce-4.3.99.1-i586-2vl58 is to be upgraded to version 4.3.99.2-i586-3vl58
xfprint-4.3.99.1-i586-2vl58 is to be upgraded to version 
4.3.99.3svn-i586-2vl58
MPlayer-1.0pre7try2-autoarch-2vl58 is to be upgraded to version 
1.0pre8-autoarch-4vl58
Done

slapt-get --dist-upgrade will be doable once the issues listed above are 
addressed.

Cheers,
John