On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 04:55:53PM -0400, Bob Koss wrote: > I have a Debian stable system, but I'm thinking unstable might be in my > future. > [snip] > > I changed 'stable' to 'testing' everywhere in my /etc/apt/sources.list file. > > I did an 'apt-get update'. But when I attempt to do an 'apt-get upgrade', I > get the following error: > > 45 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 229 not upgraded. > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > debianutils: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.1.97) but 2.1.3-18 is to be installed > E: Internal Error, InstallPackages was called with broken packages! > bear:~# > > > So now I seem to have a half-broken system that can't be upgraded. > > Advice?
Instead of apt-get upgrade, try apt-get dist-upgrade - I think this should work. And testing should be fine, don't worry about stuff breaking. > > > ---- > Robert S. Koss, Ph.D. | Training and Mentoring > Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design > Object Mentor, Inc. | C++, Java > www.objectmentor.com | Extreme Programming > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
