Hi. > I have 3 Sid systems 2 had gimp installed and one didn't, I was able to > get a full upgrade on the one without gimp and then install gimp. > > On the systems with gimp I was not able to get a full upgrade, so I > removed gimp and then did a full upgrade and then I was able to > reinstall gimp.
I would recommend always upgrade your systems in two steps: sudo apt-get upgrade -V sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -V In most cases such update will be more smooth. Best wishes, Boris