dist upgrade nightmare!

2010-12-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
I tried taking a friend's machine from lenny to squeeze and it turned into a disaster. As a consequence of the attempt his entire package update and repair systems are broken. apt-get -f install can't fix anything and dpkg --configure -a can't fix anything anymore and as a consequence of

Re: dist upgrade nightmare!

2010-12-15 Thread Javier Barroso
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Jude DaShiell jdash...@shellworld.net wrote: I tried taking a friend's machine from lenny to squeeze and it turned into a disaster.  As a consequence of the attempt his entire package update and repair systems are broken.  apt-get -f install can't fix anything

Re: dist upgrade nightmare!

2010-12-15 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:32:42AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: I tried taking a friend's machine from lenny to squeeze and it turned into a disaster. As a consequence of the attempt his entire package update and repair systems are broken. We know apt-get dist-upgrade usually works but

Re: dist upgrade nightmare!

2010-12-15 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:32:42AM EST, Jude DaShiell wrote: I tried taking a friend's machine from lenny to squeeze and it turned into a disaster. As a consequence of the attempt his entire package update and repair systems are broken. apt-get -f install can't fix anything and dpkg

Re: dist upgrade nightmare!

2010-12-15 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:32:42AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: I tried taking a friend's machine from lenny to squeeze and it turned into a disaster. As a consequence of the attempt his entire package update and repair systems are broken. apt-get -f install can't fix anything and dpkg

Re: dist upgrade nightmare!

2010-12-15 Thread Slicky Johnson
On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:32:42 -0500 (EST) Jude DaShiell jdash...@shellworld.net wrote: I tried taking a friend's machine from lenny to squeeze and it turned into a disaster. As a consequence of the attempt his entire package update and repair systems are broken. apt-get -f install can't fix

Re: dist upgrade nightmare!

2010-12-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Jude DaShiell wrote: I tried taking a friend's machine from lenny to squeeze and it turned into a disaster. As a consequence of the attempt his entire package update and repair systems are broken. apt-get -f install can't fix anything and dpkg --configure -a can't fix anything Did you