Re: SOLVED - Re: Safely Upgrading Packages

2004-07-27 Thread John Fleming
- Original Message - From: "Carlos Sousa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 9:36 PM Subject: Re: SOLVED - Re: Safely Upgrading Packages > > Please don't emai

Re: SOLVED - Re: Safely Upgrading Packages

2004-07-26 Thread Carlos Sousa
Please don't email me directly, I'm subscribed to the list. I hope you don't mind me taking this back to the list, since others could provide better advice, or profit by our exchange. On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:10:23 -0500 John Fleming wrote: > > That said, if you are willing to take your chances, yo

Re: SOLVED - Re: Safely Upgrading Packages

2004-07-26 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 18:23:23 -0500 John Fleming wrote: > > I just now ran apt-get update, then upgrade, and then dist-upgrade - no > errors, but 6 packages were held back, e.g. pppconfig. Any idea why at this > point? - John No idea. My records show I've upgraded to the latest pppconfig (2.3.4)

SOLVED - Re: Safely Upgrading Packages

2004-07-26 Thread John Fleming
- Original Message - From: "Carlos Sousa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 5:23 PM Subject: Re: Safely Upgrading Packages > On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 07:54:20 -0500 John Fleming wrote: > > ... > > Unpacking alsa-ut

Re: Safely Upgrading Packages

2004-07-26 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 07:54:20 -0500 John Fleming wrote: > ... > Unpacking alsa-utils (from .../alsa-utils_1.0.5-3_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/alsa-utils_1.0.5-3_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/alsamixer', which is also in package knx-alsa >

Re: Safely Upgrading Packages

2004-07-26 Thread Michael B Allen
Simon Kitching said: Good advice. Thanks, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Safely Upgrading Packages

2004-07-26 Thread Wayne Topa
Hendrik Boom([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 04:30:45PM +0930, David Purton wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 02:43:13AM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote: > > > I've been running Debian on the net for a while. I thought it's time to look > > > at keeping packages

Re: Safely Upgrading Packages

2004-07-26 Thread John Fleming
- Original Message - From: "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 8:58 AM Subject: Re: Safely Upgrading Packages > > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > > /var/cache/apt/archives/alsa-

Re: Safely Upgrading Packages

2004-07-26 Thread John Fleming
> > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /var/cache/apt/archives/alsa-utils_1.0.5-3_i386.deb > > /var/cache/apt/archives/libntfs5_1.9.0-1_i386.deb > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > > > > Any help greatly appreciated. - John > > It sai

Re: Safely Upgrading Packages

2004-07-26 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 04:30:45PM +0930, David Purton wrote: > On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 02:43:13AM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote: > > I've been running Debian on the net for a while. I thought it's time to look > > at keeping packages up to date. But when I run apt-get update: > > > > # apt-get upg

Re: Safely Upgrading Packages

2004-07-26 Thread Ricky Clarkson
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 07:54:20 -0500, John Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On my unstable box, I have been upgrading, but not dist-upgrading. Just now > I tried to do this and now have problems. I updated first, then a regular > upgrade, and then the dist-upgrade. There were still some unmet

Re: Safely Upgrading Packages

2004-07-26 Thread John Fleming
- Original Message - From: "Simon Kitching" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael B Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 2:01 AM Subject: Re: Safely Upgrading Packages > On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 18:43, Mic

Re: Safely Upgrading Packages

2004-07-26 Thread Simon Kitching
On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 18:43, Michael B Allen wrote: > I've been running Debian on the net for a while. I thought it's time to look > at keeping packages up to date. But when I run apt-get update: > > # apt-get upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The followi

Re: Safely Upgrading Packages

2004-07-26 Thread David Purton
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 02:43:13AM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote: > I've been running Debian on the net for a while. I thought it's time to look > at keeping packages up to date. But when I run apt-get update: > > # apt-get upgrade you want apt-get dist-upgrade ^ upgrade will