[mythtv-users] Death by apt-get

[Gabe Rubin]

On Apr 3, 2005 11:34 PM, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It apparently fixes the issue.  However, the simpler solution is to reverse
> > the libselinux update:
> > apt-get install libselinux=1.19.3-1_1.rhfc2.at \
> >      libselinux-devel=1.19.3-1_1.rhfc2.at
> 
> I stupidly posted this same question as a new thread.  I am also very
> stuck here, and it is on the reboot that it just hangs giving this
> message.  Can you please recommend how I can go about removing these
> packages and installing them in the correct order when I am unable to
> log into the box?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

I figured out how to solve this, and while the answer is likely
obvious to most people, I will describe what I did for the less linux
savvy folks like myself.

1) Booted off the rescue disc (FC2 install disc 1), and typed linux rescue
2) Chose to boot off cd-rom and pretty much selected all the defaults
when prompted
3) chroot .mnt/sysimagen at the first command prompt
4) this allowed me to use apt-get like normal, but for some reason the
exact command that Mark provided told me that there was no package
named  libselinux-devel so...
5) apt-get install libselinux=1.19.3-1_1.rhfc2.at  which downgraded it
6) apt-get install libselinux-devel=1.19.3-1_1.rhfc2.at  which downgraded it

Now my box is working, but a BIG QUESTION!!!!!!!

How do I make sure that apt never tries to upgrade this package again?
 It is a hassle to upgrade package by package instead of doing apt-get
dist-upgrade.  Then again, if that is going to break my system, that
is the biggest pain.  Does this mean that I have to upgrade to fc3
sooner than I was planning?

Anyways, hats off to Mark for leading me in the right direction. 
Sorry for posting this elsewhere and checking google, and not the
archives.  I thought I completely hosed my system, but hey, what fun
would myth be without the occasional moments of panic and then
discovery.