Gary Dale <garyd...@torfree.net> writes: > On 04/07/16 03:23 PM, Bill Harris wrote:
>>> The simplest solution would be to reinstall the offending >>> packages. Apt-get doesn't have that option but aptitude does. I can't >>> try this at home but it may resolve the conflicts. Install aptitude >>> and give it a try. >> >> Gary, >> >> I like simple. To be clear, is this the sequence you're proposing? >> >> - Now that I've deleted backports from my sources.list, run `aptitude >> install emacs24` and so forth through the list. >> >> - Then run `apt-get dist-upgrade`. >> >> - Reboot into Jessie. >> >> The alternative seems to be >> >> - Run `apt-get dist-upgrade`. >> >> - Run `aptitude install emacs24` and so forth through the list. >> >> - Reboot into Jessie. >> >> The first sounds correct, but this isn't fully a Jessie system yet, and >> I'd be reinstalling packages that only came with dist-upgrade. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Bill >> > Not even close. I was suggesting installing aptitude then use the > reinstall option to reinstall the packages. I think I'm not understanding. I'll try to be clearer on my end to see if that helps: - I do have aptitude, so I don't have to install it. In fact, I usually use aptitude, but the release notes for Wheezy (https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#upgradingpackages) suggested using apt-get for this upgrade to reduce the chance of problems. - I have yet to do the `apt dist-upgrade` (I downloaded all the packages and then quit), so I've got to do that at some time. - My question was whether I - reinstall the packages first, and then do the dist-upgrade later, or - do the dist-upgrade first, and then reinstall the packages later. - I am guessing that I should reinstall the packages first. - No matter which order I use, it sounds like I have at least two choices for the reinstall: - `apt-get install <package> --reinstall` Thanks; I had guessed the --reinstall would come before install. Not that it matters, but, from a bit of reading, it sounds as if `apt-get install <package>/wheezy` might work, too. - `aptitude reinstall <package>` Which is, in a way, cleaner, although I seem to recall cautions about mixing apt-get and aptitude, and this would be mixing them closely. (Yes, I know I'll be mixing them anyway, if I go back to aptitude once Wheezy is fully installed. Thanks to you and Cindy for your help. Does that clarify my remaining confusion? Bill