> > I tried "apt-get dist-upgrade" in order to upgrade to slink. > Yes, I know slink is "unstable" so I might get some trouble. > > Packages were downloaded and processing started, then the trouble began: > I noticed that "startx" disappeared!
I seemed to remember that the X11 maintainer specifically mailed to this list that the slink X packages were severely broken and only to be used by brave peoply meaning to help with the debugging process. > Ok, this is probably temporary, I thought. The new xserver package was > not yet configured. Then apt-get ended with an error. I tried re-running > "apt-get dist-upgrade" and "dpkg --configure -a" several times, and the > problem seemed to be with the emacs20 package. It could not be > configured, any attempt ends in "memory errors" or "subprocess returned an > error" I also had lots of trouble with the emacs20 package on hamm. Some people suggested to remove the `tm' package. This worked on certain systems, but on other systems there was no `tm' present at all. I got this sorted out after installing emacs19, after which I could remove and reinstall emacs20. I suppose the emacsen system needs to get rid of its sharp edges. > I wanted X back, so I decided to get rid of emacs instead. I don't use it > much anyway. "dpkg -r <emacs-packages>" removed everything except from > emacs20: > "The package is in a very bad inconsistent state - reinstall it before > removing" I believe that dpkg needs a --force-purge switch, to remove severely broken packages. Why doesn't it have one? HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054
