On Mon March 16 2009 09:42:54 NFN Smith wrote: > Is there a way of getting around this one (perhaps booting from a CD and > using the rescue shell)? Or is it going to be faster/easier to simply > back up the machine and rebuild it?
With tricky upgrades I usually remove all -dev packages first and reinstall them after. They're not usually needed during the upgrade and removing them avoids a bunch of dependency issues. The other thing we often have to remove in tricky cases is Open Office. YMMV a lot, --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
