Thread: How to force update to PR 1.3 ?
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Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2010-10-27 , 18:15
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Originally Posted by Netweaver View Post
But running the apt-get on the "mp-fremantle-* packages wants to download and upgrade 991 packages, for a total of 60 MB.

I'm a bit surprised there. I can't see any reference to PR1.3 in the names, so why are they now appearing?

Is this a partial re-install of PR1.2 due to the metapackage dependency list or the actual upgrade to PR1.3 ?
It'll be the full PR1.3 install. The firmware release is defined by the version of the metapackage - it then pulls in all the other packages that make up the release by using dependencies. This is also why it'll have been removed from your N900 - you'll have installed a newer/older version of one of the dependent packages, which has therefore forced the removal of the metapackage in order to prevent conflicts.

I'm not sure whether the old version is retained in the repository - you could try doing "apt-cache show mp-fremantle-generic-pr | grep Version" (replace generic with whatever variant you're using) to see what versions are available (mine only shows the current version though).