You are my savior. Thank you. Now before I continue with the upgrade I should have done two months ago, are there any other major package conflicts I should be aware of? I installed the system as sid in the first week of December. I pinned the system to testing last week, and this morning's problem was the first upgrade I tried. Here's what apt-get upgrade wants to do:
The following packages will be upgraded: apache apache-common apache-utils apt-utils console-common console-data console-tools cpio dash dialog discover1 discover1-data dselect exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light gettext-base grub initrd-tools initscripts libconsole libcupsys2-gnutls10 libdb3 libdb4.2 libdbi-perl libdiscover1 libgc1 libgcc1 libkrb53 libltdl3 libmysqlclient12 libsigc++-1.2-5c102 login mailx mdadm module-init-tools modutils mysql-client mysql-common mysql-server netbase passwd perl perl-base perl-modules php4 rdate samba samba-common sysv-rc sysvinit webmin webmin-inetd webmin-samba The following packages will be DOWNGRADED: e2fslibs e2fsprogs libacl1 libattr1 libblkid1 libbz2-1.0 libcomerr2 libgcrypt11 libgnutls11 liblzo1 libreadline4 libss2 libtasn1-2 libuuid1 mount procps util-linux zlib1g 55 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 18 downgraded, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Is there anything I should really becareful of or install in a specific order? Thanks again for your help. -----Original Message----- From: Goswin von Brederlow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 3:12 PM To: Eric Cranley Cc: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: FW: anybody help me? dependency problem: no way back??? Eric Cranley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I thought I had already upgraded base-files and libc6 after the move. I'll > give your suggestion a try. I need to reinstall base-files as well (I > removed it in a spectacular display of stupidity.) I can't even login at the > console right now, hence the part about using a live cd. I'll definitely > write up a report on how I fixed it if I'm successful. Removing the old base-files removed the /lib64 -> /lib link. That means all dynamically linked binaries fail to find the ld. /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /bin/ln -s /lib /lib64 of from a live CD just "ln -s /lib /mountpoint/lib64". After that the system should work again and reinstalling libc6 will get the /lib64 link owned by libc6 correctly. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]