On 5/28/05, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, this works: > > aptitude markauto libqt3 > perl -pi -e's/stable/sarge/' /etc/apt/sources.list > apt-get update > aptitude dist-upgrade <snip>
Except it doesn't. I attempted this on the full system (vmware), as opposed to the smaller test case and had 126 packages slated for removal. Complete log of session below. As before, it's a vmware box, and I have multiple copies so one click reverts it back and forth between sarge and woody. Let me know any other tests you want me to try. astronut ----- Screen Log ----- debian-test:~# aptitude markauto libqt3 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/e/d/v/action/?] Writing extended state information... Done Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information... Done debian-test:~# perl -pi -e 's/stable/sarge/' /etc/apt/sources.list debian-test:~# apt-get -q update Get:1 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Packages [696B] Get:2 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Release [111B] Get:3 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/contrib Packages [20B] Get:4 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/contrib Release [114B] Get:5 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/non-free Packages [20B] Get:6 http://non-us.debian.org sarge/non-US/main Packages [6771B] Get:7 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/non-free Release [115B] Get:8 http://non-us.debian.org sarge/non-US/main Release [88B] Get:9 http://non-us.debian.org sarge/non-US/contrib Packages [20B] Get:10 http://non-us.debian.org sarge/non-US/contrib Release [91B] Get:11 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/main Packages [3349kB] Get:12 http://non-us.debian.org sarge/non-US/non-free Packages [1440B] Get:13 http://non-us.debian.org sarge/non-US/non-free Release [92B] Get:14 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/main Release [81B] Get:15 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/non-free Packages [58.6kB] Get:16 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/non-free Release [85B] Get:17 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/contrib Packages [55.2kB] Get:18 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/contrib Release [84B] Fetched 3473kB in 1m29s (38.8kB/s) Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... debian-test:~# aptitude dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information... Done The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: antlr apache2-utils capplets capplets-data coreutils cpp-3.3 dash debconf-i18n desktop-base desktop-file-utils dia-libs dictionaries-common discover1-data dselect e2fslibs eggdrop-data emacs21 emacs21-bin-common emacs21-common emacsen-common fontconfig g++-3.3 gaim-data gcc-3.3 gcc-3.3-base gedit-common gimp gimp-data gimp-svg gjdoc gkrellm-common gnome-applets-data gnome-desktop-data gnome-games-data gnome-games-extra-data gnome-icon-theme gnome-keyring gnumeric-common gs-gpl gstreamer0.8-misc gstreamer0.8-oss guile-1.6-libs hicolor-icon-theme iamerican initscripts intltool-debian kaffe-common kaffe-pthreads lesstif2 libapr0 libasn1-6-heimdal libaspell15 libaudio2 libblkid1 libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libcomerr2 libconfigfile-perl libconsole libconvert-binhex-perl libcroco3 libcupsys2-gnutls10 libcurl3 libdb1-compat libdb4.1 libdb4.2 libdevmapper1.01 libdns16 libebook8 libecal6 libedataserver3 libeel2-2 libeel2-data libenchant1 libexif10 libfam0c102 libflac6 libfontconfig1 libgail-common libgail17 libgcrypt11 libgd1-noxpm libgd2-noxpm libgdbm3 libgimp2.0 libgksu1.2-0 libgksuui1.0-0 libgmime2.1 libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome-keyring0 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnutls11 libgpg-error0 libgpgme11 libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-port0 libgsf-1 libgsf-gnome-1 libgstreamer-gconf0.8-0 libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 libgstreamer0.8-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtkhtml2-0 libgtkhtml3.2-11 libgtksourceview-common libgtksourceview1.0-0 libgtkspell0 libgtop2-2 libgucharmap4 libguile-ltdl-1 libice-dev libice6 libidn11 libieee1284-3 libisc7 libjasper-1.701-1 liblcms1 liblcms1-dev libmagic1 libmagick6 libmail-sendmail-perl libmetacity0 libmyspell3 libnautilus2-2 libnet1 libnetpbm10 libnewt0.51 liboggflac1 liboil0.2 libopencdk8 libopenh323-1.15.2 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ntp-server pm-dev po-debconf python-gtk2 python2.3 python2.3-gtk2 python2.3-iconvcodec python2.3-numeric render-dev sane-utils shared-mime-info spamc squid-common sysv-rc tcl8.4 vim-common wamerican x-dev xlibmesa-dri xlibmesa-gl xlibmesa-glu xlibs-data xlibs-static-dev xml-core yelp The following packages will be automatically REMOVED: amor ark artsbuilder console-tools-libs discover-data eyesapplet fifteenapplet gaim-common gnome-help kamera kandy karm kasteroids kate katomic kbackgammon kbattleship kblackbox kcalc kcharselect kcmlinuz kcoloredit kcron kdeartwork-style kdebase kdebase-libs kdecarddecks kdelibs3 kdelibs3-bin kdepasswd kdepim-libs kdessh kdf kdict kedit kfind kfloppy kgeo kghostview khexedit kicker-applets kiconedit kjots kjumpingcube klaptopdaemon klines kmahjongg kmail kmid kmines kmix kmoon knewsticker knode knotes kodo konq-plugins konqueror konquest konsole kooka korganizer korn kpackage kpaint kpat kpilot kpoker kppp kreversi kruler ksame kscd kscreensaver 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gkrellm-common gnome-applets-data gnome-desktop-data gnome-games-data gnome-games-extra-data gnome-icon-theme gnome-keyring gnumeric-common gs-gpl gstreamer0.8-misc gstreamer0.8-oss guile-1.6-libs hicolor-icon-theme iamerican initscripts intltool-debian kaffe-common kaffe-pthreads lesstif2 libapr0 libasn1-6-heimdal libaspell15 libaudio2 libblkid1 libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libcomerr2 libconfigfile-perl libconsole libconvert-binhex-perl libcroco3 libcupsys2-gnutls10 libcurl3 libdb1-compat libdb4.1 libdb4.2 libdevmapper1.01 libdns16 libebook8 libecal6 libedataserver3 libeel2-2 libeel2-data libenchant1 libexif10 libfam0c102 libflac6 libfontconfig1 libgail-common libgail17 libgcrypt11 libgd1-noxpm libgd2-noxpm libgdbm3 libgimp2.0 libgksu1.2-0 libgksuui1.0-0 libgmime2.1 libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome-keyring0 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnutls11 libgpg-error0 libgpgme11 libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-port0 libgsf-1 libgsf-gnome-1 libgstreamer-gconf0.8-0 libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 libgstreamer0.8-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtkhtml2-0 libgtkhtml3.2-11 libgtksourceview-common libgtksourceview1.0-0 libgtkspell0 libgtop2-2 libgucharmap4 libguile-ltdl-1 libice-dev libice6 libidn11 libieee1284-3 libisc7 libjasper-1.701-1 liblcms1 liblcms1-dev libmagic1 libmagick6 libmail-sendmail-perl libmetacity0 libmyspell3 libnautilus2-2 libnet1 libnetpbm10 libnewt0.51 liboggflac1 liboil0.2 libopencdk8 libopenh323-1.15.2 libpanel-applet2-0 libpaper-utils libpaper1 libpcap0.7 libpcap0.8 libperl5.8 libpisock8 libpng10-0 libpng12-0 libpt-1.8.3 libpt-plugins-oss libpt-plugins-v4l2 libqthreads-12 libreadline5 libroken16-kerberos4kth librsvg2-2 librsvg2-bin librsvg2-common libsasl2 libsasl2-modules libselinux1 libsensors3 libshout3 libsigc++-1.2-5c102 libsm-dev libsm6 libspeex1 libss2 libssl0.9.7 libstartup-notification0 libstdc++5 libstdc++5-3.3-dev libt1-5 libtasn1-2 libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-wrapi18n-perl libtheora0 libtidy0 libtiff4 libuuid1 libvorbis0a libvorbisenc2 libvorbisfile3 libvte-common libvte4 libwmf0.2-7 libwnck-common libwnck4 libx11-6 libx11-dev libxcursor1 libxext-dev libxext6 libxft1 libxft2 libxi-dev libxi6 libxklavier8 libxmu-dev libxmu6 libxmuu-dev libxmuu1 libxp-dev libxp6 libxpm-dev libxpm4 libxrandr-dev libxrandr2 libxrender-dev libxrender1 libxslt1.1 libxt-dev libxt6 libxtrap-dev libxtrap6 libxtst-dev libxtst6 libxv-dev libxv1 linux-kernel-headers myspell-en-us nautilus-data ntp-server pm-dev po-debconf python-gtk2 python2.3 python2.3-gtk2 python2.3-iconvcodec python2.3-numeric render-dev sane-utils shared-mime-info spamc squid-common sysv-rc tcl8.4 vim-common wamerican x-dev xlibmesa-dri xlibmesa-gl xlibmesa-glu xlibs-data xlibs-static-dev xml-core yelp The following packages will be REMOVED: amor ark artsbuilder console-tools-libs discover-data eyesapplet fifteenapplet 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libpspell4 libqt3-dev libroken9-heimdal libvorbis0 lskat mpeglib nas-lib noatun noatun-plugins quanta secpolicy The following packages will be upgraded: aalib1 abiword-common abiword-gnome adduser analog apache apache-common apt apt-file apt-utils aptitude asclock-themes ash aspell-en aterm autoconf autoconf2.13 autotools-dev balsa base-config base-files base-passwd bash bc bind9 bind9-doc bind9-host binutils binutils-doc bison bitchx bluefish bonobo bonobo-activation bsdmainutils bsdutils bug-buddy bzip2 cabextract cddb cdrecord console-common console-data console-tools cowsay cpio cpp cpp-2.95 cracklib2 cramfsprogs cron cvs debconf debconf-utils debhelper debianutils deborphan defoma dfontmgr dhcp dhcp-client dia-common dia-gnome dialog diff dnsutils docbook docbook-dsssl docbook-xml dosfstools dpkg dpkg-dev e2fsprogs ed edict eggdrop eject enscript eog esound esound-common ethereal ethereal-common etherwake fam fdutils file file-roller fileutils findutils finger firestarter flex 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libzephyr3 libzvt2 lilo links lm-sensors locales login logrotate lsof lwresd lynx m4 mailx make makedev man-db manpages manpages-dev mawk mbr mdetect menu metacity mime-support mkisofs mlock modconf modutils mount mozilla-browser mozilla-psm msttcorefonts nano nautilus ncftp ncurses-base ncurses-bin net-tools netbase netcat netkit-inetd netpbm nmap ntop ntp ntp-simple ntpdate nvi oaf openssl passwd patch pciutils perl perl-base perl-modules perl-suid pilot-link pkg-config portmap poster postfix postfix-doc postfix-ldap postfix-pcre powermgmt-base ppp pppconfig pppoe pppoeconf procmail procps psfontmgr psmisc psutils python python2.1 rcs read-edid recover root-tail rpm samba-common samba-doc screen scrollkeeper sed setserial sgml-base sgml-data shellutils slang1 slang1a-utf8 smbclient smbfs sodipodi spamassassin squid ssh stunnel sudo symlinks synaptic sysklogd syslinux sysvinit t1lib1 tar tasksel tcl8.0 tcl8.3 tcpd tcpdump tcptraceroute telnet textutils tidy tinyproxy ucf unzip usbutils util-linux vim vlock vnc-common vncserver vorbis-tools vsftpd wget whiptail whois x-ttcidfont-conf x-window-system-core xaw3dg xbase-clients xchat xchat-common xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfonts-scalable xfree86-common xlibmesa3 xlibs xlibs-dev xmms xpdf xpdf-common xpdf-reader xpdf-utils xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-gnome xserver-common xserver-xfree86 xterm xutils xvncviewer zip zlib1g zlib1g-dev 510 packages upgraded, 248 newly installed, 126 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Need to get 407MB of archives. After unpacking 389MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/e/d/v/action/?] n Abort. debian-test:~# exit