On Sunday 20 January 2008 12:03, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 11:20:03 -0800, tom arnall wrote: > > i attempted the distr-upgrade and after i rebooted did: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r > > 2.6.16.4 > > I think you should follow the Sarge->Etch upgrade notes, adapting them > to your somewhat different situation. There are a couple of issues to be > aware of, and even though most of them might not apply to you, it is > better to know about all of them. (However, also see my remarks below.) > > > so i did the distr-upgrade again. following is the session output. '31 > > not fully installed or removed.' is where it gets interesting: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > Calculating upgrade... Done > > The following packages have been kept back: > > gdk-imlib1 gnome-cups-manager gnome-system-monitor > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. > > 31 not fully installed or removed. > > Need to get 0B/118kB of archives. > > After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. > > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? > > Reading package fields... Done > > Reading package status... Done > > Retrieving bug reports... Done > > Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done > > (Reading database ... 203060 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to replace linux-wlan-ng 0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1 > > (using .../linux-wlan-ng_0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1_i386.deb) ... > > Unpacking replacement linux-wlan-ng ... > > /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found > > Error while executing /etc/modutils/0keep, aborting > > Note: If /etc/modutils/0keep should not be an executable script, please > > ensure it does not have execute permission > > dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1 > > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > > [...] > > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > You have to change the permissions of /etc/modutils/0keep; it is not > supposed to be executable. AFAICT, the "keep" in line 9 is meant as a > directive for modutils, not as a command in a shell script. (There is a > "keep" executable, which is part of the KDE auto-backup package with the > same name, but this has nothing to do with modutils.) Your package > manager will be more or less blocked until this issue is fixed. > > Taking a look at the bigger picture, you have to realize that your > earlier sweeping change of permissions will probably cause many more > such small (or not so small) breakages in unexpected places. If this > machine is your "playground" to experiment and learn about Debian then > this might not be such a bad thing, although I would bet that there are > better ways to learn than to start from an ill-defined configuration. > On the other hand, if you want to get any serious work done with this > computer anytime soon then you might want to consider putting an Etch > installer CD into its drive and let the installer do its work (after > backing up your important personal files, of course). > > -- > Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer > Florian |
Florian, thanks for the sobering advice. i'm doing it today. tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]