From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from webmail.tiscalinet.be (unknown [212.35.2.201]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F166482C for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 09:01:34 -0700 (MST) To: Nathan Neulinger Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] telnetd on hppa: strange behaviour? Message-ID: <1008086487.3c162dd79749d@webmail.tiscalinet.be> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 17:01:27 +0100 (CET) From: joel.soete@freebel.net Cc: joel.soete@freebel.net, parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org References: <1008007312.3c14f890e4d33@webmail.tiscalinet.be> <3C15005D.4884E0C5@umr.edu> <1008010546.3c150532c596f@webmail.tiscalinet.be> <3C1508B2.3CCCDCF2@umr.edu> In-Reply-To: <3C1508B2.3CCCDCF2@umr.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Nathan, According to apt-get man page the difference between upgrade and dist-upgrade seems to me to be in the selection of more or less important packages: man apt-get ... dist-upgrade dist-upgrade, in addition to performing the func­ tion of upgrade, also intelligently handles chang­ ing dependencies with new versions of packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. The /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations from which to retrieve desired package files. But I always forget to log stdout and sdterr of this command. Do you know if it exist somewhere a log of dpkg actions (like /var/adm/sw/sw....log of HPUX SD)? Joel Quoting Nathan Neulinger : > Hmm... never seen that symptom except with the early kernels, which > obviously isn't the case here. > > I'm not familiar with 'dist-upgrade', but I typically run 'apt-get > update' then 'apt-get upgrade'. > > -- Nathan > > joel.soete@freebel.net wrote: > > > > Hi Nathan, > > > > Sorry but once again I forgot to mention it (because I thought to a > telnetd bug): > > I experiment it with my last 2.4.16-pa16 (not the one in debian pool > package) as > > weel as with kernel 2.4.9-32 (this from the debian pool > > kernel-image-2.4.9-32_82.1_hppa.deb package). > > And I also forgot to mentioned that I just do some 2h ago a apt-get > dist-upgrade > > and "0 pkg upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not > upgraded". Also > > may be too early uptodate? > > > > Thanks for additional advises, > > Joel > > > > Quoting Nathan Neulinger : > > > > > joel.soete@freebel.net wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I use to work with a telnet connection to my hppa linux box. > > > > And I just notice that if I do a ls -al in a directory containing > many > > > soft > > > > links the telnet session stop with "connection close by foreign > hosts" > > > (and not > > > > with a simple ls)? > > > > > > > > (I just do a apt-get dist-uprade but nothing has to be done. Also > I > > > assume to be > > > > up-to-date) > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for advice, > > > > Joel > > > > > > Get yourself a more recent kernel. That's a known problem with the > > > kernel on the 0.9.2 media. > > > > > > -- Nathan > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Nathan Neulinger EMail: nneul@umr.edu > > > University of Missouri - Rolla Phone: (573) 341-4841 > > > Computing Services Fax: (573) 341-4216 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > This mail sent through Tiscalinet Webmail (http://webmail.tiscali.be) > > -- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Nathan Neulinger EMail: nneul@umr.edu > University of Missouri - Rolla Phone: (573) 341-4841 > Computing Services Fax: (573) 341-4216 > > ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through Tiscalinet Webmail (http://webmail.tiscali.be)