Bug#354522: panel configurations lost in KDE upgrade from sarge to sid
Package: meta-kde Version: 5:45 when upgrading from sarge to sid, KDE loses all panel customizations, and all panel menus/icons disappear except the kmoon applet.
Bug#353806: possible patch for pipe conflict
using the same debian sarge system as before, I used dpkg --purge --force-depends kdebase-kio-plugins (which reported lots of broken things) and then ran apt-get dist-upgrade -f. this fixed it so kde would install and load