Re: Error trying to run apt-get

2007-07-03 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 21:54:55 -, Adam wrote: > On Jul 2, 3:00 pm, Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] > > It seems like you want to upgrade from Sarge to Lenny in one fell swoop, > > skipping Etch. I would go to Etch first, after reading the release notes > > carefully. Otherwise you are in for a

Re: Error trying to run apt-get

2007-07-02 Thread Adam
On Jul 2, 3:00 pm, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [ Please stop top-posting. ] > Sorry about that > > It seems like you want to upgrade from Sarge to Lenny in one fell swoop, > skipping Etch. I would go to Etch first, after reading the release notes > carefully. Otherwise you are in f

Re: Error trying to run apt-get

2007-07-02 Thread Florian Kulzer
[ Please stop top-posting. ] On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 14:16:11 -, Adam wrote: > Hi, > > That doesn't work either, everything I do first tries to upgrade > debianutils, which fails on this passwd package the same way. > Originally I was attempting to upgrade the kernel when I got this > error.

Re: Error trying to run apt-get

2007-07-02 Thread Adam
Hi, That doesn't work either, everything I do first tries to upgrade debianutils, which fails on this passwd package the same way. Originally I was attempting to upgrade the kernel when I got this error. (Reading database ... 38049 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace

Re: Error trying to run apt-get

2007-07-02 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 01:00:58AM -, Adam wrote: > Was wondering if anyone has a workaround for this problem other than > uninstalling and reinstalling. I'm trying to upgrade a package and > get this error. The software involved doesn't seem to be one that I > can uninstall without uninstall