Re: Wheezy to Jessie update problem: packages with bugs

[Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net>]

On 04/07/16 03:23 PM, Bill Harris wrote:
> Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> writes:
>
> > On 04/07/16 12:32 PM, Bill Harris wrote:
> > > Summary:
> > >    emacs24(1 bug), dbus(1 bug), gnome-settings-daemon(1 bug), libxml2(1 bug), debhelper(1 bug), openbsd-inetd(1 bug), smartmontools(1 bug), ruby-hpricot(1 bug), cdrdao(1 bug), libgluegen2-rt-java(1 bug), ndiff(1 bug), apt-xapian-index(1 bug), firefox-esr(3 bugs), dasher(1 bug), minissdpd(1 bug), iceweasel(1 bug), evolution-data-server(1 bug), python-mock(1 bug), grub-pc-bin(1 bug), hdparm(1 bug), gdm3(3 bugs), libpoppler-glib8(1 bug), logrotate(1 bug), evolution(2 bugs), xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion(1 bug), q4wine(1 bug), lynx-cur(1 bug), gparted(1 bug), freehdl(1 bug), totem(1 bug), nfs-common(1 bug), python-paramiko(1 bug), ed(1 bug), libfreetype6(1 bug), busybox(1 bug), libarchive13(1 bug), libnl-3-200(1 bug), googleearth-package(1 bug), grub2-common(1 bug), empathy(1 bug), samba-common-bin(1 bug), udisks2(1 bug), stunnel4(2 bugs), pinentry-gtk2(1 bug), synergy(1 bug), cron(1 bug), dh-python(2 bugs), init-system-helpers(1 bug), cups-driver-gutenprint(1 bug)
> > > Here is my sources.list:
> > >
> > > ,----
> > > | #
> > > |
> > > | # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.3 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20111008-19:52]/ jessie main
> > > |
> > > | # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.3 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20111008-19:52]/ jessie main
> > > |
> > > | deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
> > > | deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
> > > |
> > > | deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
> > > | deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
> > > |
> > > | # jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
> > > | deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
> > > | deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
> > > |
> > > | # R backports at http://cran.fhcrc.org/
> > > | deb http://cran.fhcrc.org/bin/linux/debian jessie-cran3/
> > > |
> > > | # Jessie backports http://backports-master.debian.org/Instructions/
> > > | # deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main contrib non-free
> > > |
> > > `----
> > The simplest solution would be to reinstall the offending
> > packages. Apt-get doesn't have that option but aptitude does. I can't
> > try this at home but it may resolve the conflicts. Install aptitude
> > and give it a try.
>
> Gary,
>
> I like simple.  To be clear, is this the sequence you're proposing?
>
> - Now that I've deleted backports from my sources.list, run `aptitude
>    install emacs24` and so forth through the list.
>
> - Then run `apt-get dist-upgrade`.
>
> - Reboot into Jessie.
>
> The alternative seems to be
>
> - Run `apt-get dist-upgrade`.
>
> - Run `aptitude install emacs24` and so forth through the list.
>
> - Reboot into Jessie.
>
> The first sounds correct, but this isn't fully a Jessie system yet, and
> I'd be reinstalling packages that only came with dist-upgrade.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
Not even close. I was suggesting installing aptitude then use the 
reinstall option to reinstall the packages.

However, as Cindy pointed out, you can just use the --reinstall flag 
with apt-get. That would be:
  apt-get install <package> --reinstall