Re: dist upgrade nightmare!

2010-12-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Jude DaShiell 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 Did you up

Re: dist upgrade nightmare!

2010-12-15 Thread Slicky Johnson
On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:32:42 -0500 (EST) Jude DaShiell 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 --

Re: dist upgrade nightmare!

2010-12-15 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:32:42AM -0500, Jude DaShiell 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

Re: dist upgrade nightmare!

2010-12-15 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:32:42AM EST, Jude DaShiell 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 --co

Re: dist upgrade nightmare!

2010-12-15 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:32:42AM -0500, Jude DaShiell 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. We know apt-get dist-upgrade usually works bu

Re: dist upgrade nightmare!

2010-12-15 Thread Javier Barroso
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Jude DaShiell 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

dist upgrade nightmare!

2010-12-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
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