On Sun, Apr 23, 2000 at 05:26:56PM +1000, Bill wrote: > Problem solved..... found answer in archives (file attached) > > many thanks to those who tried to help > > Bill > > >
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 10:27:34PM -0600, Alberto Brealey G. wrote: > > > > i've done a fresh install of slink (because i have the bootable CD lying > > around...), and need to upgrade to potato/frozen. it does the apt-get update > > fine (retrieves the package lists). when i try to dist-upgrade, it downloads > > 13.7 MB fine, but when trying to install, it exits with: > > > > E: Internal error, couldn't configure a pre-depend > > > > does anyone knows what might be wrong? (I tried different mirrors on my > > sources.list, they all did the same). > > It's a circular pre-depends. I'm appending my previous email on the > subject. I've seen a few posts that say my method works, but I still > don't guarantee it :) > This is the first message I've seen in this thread, but I thought I'd point out that I had upgraded several systems from slink to potato with the following commands: apt-get update apt-get -f dist-upgrade -f = fix broken dependencies dist-upgrade = attempt to upgrade important packages at expense of less important ones if necessary -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]