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diff --git a/DistUpgrade/README b/DistUpgrade/README deleted file mode 100644 index b9d6c5d2..00000000 --- a/DistUpgrade/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,62 +0,0 @@ -General -------- - -The dist-upgrader is designed to make upgrades for ubuntu (or similar -distributions) easy and painless. It supports both network mode and -cdrom upgrades. The cdromupgrade will ask if it should use the network -or not. There is a wrapper script "cdromugprade" (that assumes the -file of the upgrade life in -CDROM_ROOT/dists/stable/dist-upgrader/binary-all/) that can be put -onto the CD and it will support upgrades directly from the CD. - - -Configuration -------------- - -The DistUpgrade.cfg format is based on the python ConfigParser. - -It supports the following sections: - -[View] - controls the output - -[Distro] - global distribution specfic options -BaseMetaPkgs: - the basic meta-pkgs that must be installed (ubuntu-base usually) -MetaPkgs: - packages that define a "desktop" (e.g. ubuntu-desktop) -PostUpgrade{Install,Remove,Purge}: - action right after the upgrade was calculated in the cache (marking - happens *before* the cache.commit()) -ForcedObsoletes: - Obsolete packages that the user is asked about after the upgrade (marking - happens *after* the cache.commit()) -RemoveEssentialOk: - Those packages are ok to remove even though they are essential -KeepInstalledPkgs: - If the package was installed before, it should still be installed - after the upgrade -KeepInstalledSection: - Packages from this section that were installed should always be - installed afterwards as well (useful for eg translations) - -[$meta-pkg] -KeyDependencies: - Dependencies that are considered "key" dependencies of the meta-pkg to - detect if it was installed but later removed by the user -PostUpgrade{Install,Remove,Purge}: - s.above -ForcedObsoletes: - s.above - -[Files] - file specific stuff - -[Sources] - how to rewrite the sources.list - -[Network] - network specific options - -[Backports] - use specific packages for dist-upgrade -Packages= List of what packages to look for -VersionIdent=Version identification. needs to be uniq, dist-upgrader will - fetch the version that contains this string -SourcesList=a sources.list fragment that will be placed into - /etc/apt/sources.list.d and that contains the backported pkgs
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