Re: [Sheflug] Debian 3.0 r1

[Peter Collier <pecb [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 08 November 2003 2:13 pm, Richard wrote:
> Hi
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> Changed the apt-get sources lists line to...
>
> deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
>
> Then I did 'apt-get dist upgrade'.  It grabbed all the packages
> [470Mb] and started to install them.  Everything was fine until it
> got down to joe_2.8-23_i386.deb whereupon it barfed and died.  Tried
> 'apt-get upgrade -f' and the following error message comes up on the
> screen after Joe refuses to install...
>
> " Unpacking replacement Joe...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/joe.potrm: line 3: /usr/bin/update-menus:
> Permission denied
> dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...

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>
> After this 'apt-get upgrade' dies altogether thus causing the whole
> upgrade to die.  Can't install Joe or remove it.  Can't fix it with
> 'apt-get upgrade -f'.  Any other option I can try to get round this ?
> As things are I can use the machine but I can't install or remove
> packages.
>
> Thanks
-- 
Richard

Richard, On Libranet (Debian based disro) mailing list, even if you don't 
change your sources, e.g stable to sid etc.  you should upgrade packages a 
few at a time. This gives you chance to deal with the odd conflict. It's 
recommended only to use dist upgrade if you really know what you are doing or 
are only upgrading a few packages.  

	Peter C
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