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 > anything and dpkg --configure -a can't fix anything anymore and as a > consequence of those two acts, it's impossible to update his system. > I can't even downgrade back to lenny! What I would like to know is > if emergency procedures exist that can clear the mess out that these > operations created and get the system back to some known state. I > wouldn't mind this so much if the upgrade had simply failed but a > system breaking like this where even though useable with the squeeze > kernel on it is there nothing can be installed or uninstalled with > apt-get and aptitude apparently got turned into a zombi placed in not > fully installed or uninstalled or deferred status. If I had done > this to my own computer that would be one thing, but this is a > computer of a friend and I don't appreciate these tools for having > ended up leaving this kind of damage. > Any chance you filled up a partition while bringing in the new packages? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101215201445.2f96a...@t61.debian-linux
