I upgraded a machine (our trac server) from etch to lenny/testing, and during the dist-upgrade, it spit out:
navajo:~# apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: libgssapi2 libpci2 libssp0 selinux-policy-refpolicy-targeted The following NEW packages will be installed: bash-completion bind9utils bsd-mailx bwidget checkpolicy cpp-4.3 debian-faq fontconfig g++-4.3 gcc-4.3 hicolor-icon-theme libatk1.0-0 libatk1.0-data libbind9-40 libcairo2 libcap2 libcups2 libdatrie0 libdb4.5 libdbd-sqlite3-perl libdbi-perl libdigest-hmac-perl libdirectfb-1.0-0 libdns43 libfile-remove-perl libglade2-0 libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-data libgmp3c2 libgomp1 libgpm2 libgssglue1 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common libio-stringy-perl libisc44 libisccc40 libisccfg40 libjpeg62 liblist-moreutils-perl liblwres40 libmail-box-perl libmailtools-perl libmime-types-perl libmpfr1ldbl libnet-daemon-perl libobject-realize-later-perl libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libpcap0.8 libpci3 libpixman-1-0 libplrpc-perl libqpol1 libsetools-tcl libssh2-1 libstdc++6-4.3-dev libsysfs2 libterm-readkey-perl libthai-data libthai0 libtiff4 libts-0.0-0 libuser-identity-perl libustr-1.0-1 libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-render0 libxcb-xlib0 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxdamage1 libxinerama1 libxxf86misc1 menu netcat-traditional openssh-blacklist openssh-blacklist-extra openssl-blacklist postgresql-client-8.3 python-sepolgen python2.5 python2.5-dev python2.5-minimal selinux-policy-default setools tcl8.4 tk8.4 ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra x-ttcidfont-conf x11-apps x11-session-utils x11-utils x11-xfs-utils x11-xkb-utils x11-xserver-utils xauth xinit The following packages will be upgraded: apt-file at base-files base-passwd bash bc bind9 bind9-host bsdmainutils bsdutils build-essential ca-certificates cdbs cpp cpp-4.1 cron curl cvs cvsps dc debhelper defoma dhcp3-client dhcp3-common dictionaries-common diff dmidecode dnsutils doc-debian doc-linux-text dpatch dselect e2fslibs e2fsprogs ed findutils finger fontconfig-config ftp g++ g++-4.1 gcc gcc-4.1 gcc-4.1-base gettext gettext-base git-core git-cvs git-svn grep groff-base gzip hostname html2text iamerican ibritish ifupdown info initscripts iptables iputils-ping ispell klogd laptop-detect ldap-utils less libacl1 libapache2-mod-python libattr1 libblkid1 libconfig-file-perl libconsole libcurl3 libcurl3-gnutls libdb4.2 libdrm2 libedit2 liberror-perl libevent1 libfontconfig1 libfontenc1 libfreetype6 libfs6 libgc1c2 libgl1-mesa-glx libice6 libidn11 liblockfile1 libneon26 libnewt0.52 libnfsidmap2 libnss-ldap libpam-krb5 libpng12-0 libpopt0 librpcsecgss3 libsemanage1 libslang2 libsm6 libstdc++6-4.1-dev libtasn1-3-bin libx11-6 libx11-data libxau6 libxaw7 libxcursor1 libxdmcp6 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxfont1 libxft2 libxi6 libxkbfile1 libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxpm4 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxt6 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libxv1 libxxf86dga1 libxxf86vm1 login logrotate lsof m4 mailx makedev man-db manpages mawk mktemp module-init-tools mount mpack mtools mtr-tiny mutt nano ncurses-base ncurses-term netcat nfs-common nscd openbsd-inetd openssh-client openssh-server openssl pciutils pidentd po-debconf policycoreutils postfix postgresql-client postgresql-client-common postgresql-common pwgen python python-all python-all-dev python-central python-clearsilver python-dev python-egenix-mxdatetime python-egenix-mxtools python-minimal python-newt python-pgsql python-pysqlite2 python-selinux python-semanage python-subversion python-support python2.4 python2.4-dev python2.4-minimal rcs reportbug screen sharutils ssl-cert strace sudo sysklogd sysvinit tar tasksel tasksel-data tcpd tcptraceroute telnet texinfo time tnftp traceroute ttf-dejavu unzip update-inetd util-linux vim-common vim-tiny w3m wamerican wget whiptail whois wwwconfig-common x11-common xbase-clients xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xterm xutils xutils-dev zsh 218 upgraded, 99 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 80 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/133MB of archives. After this operation, 167MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? E: Internal Error, Could not perform immediate configuration (1) on debconf navajo:~# -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org