dist upgrade nightmare!
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
two acts, it's impossible to update his system. I can't even downgrade
back to lenny! What I would like to know is if emergency procedures exist
that can clear the mess out that these operations created and get the
system back to some known state. I wouldn't mind this so much if the
upgrade had simply failed but a system breaking like this where even
though useable with the squeeze kernel on it is there nothing can be
installed or uninstalled with apt-get and aptitude apparently got turned
into a zombi placed in not fully installed or uninstalled or deferred
status. If I had done this to my own computer that would be one thing,
but this is a computer of a friend and I don't appreciate these tools for
having ended up leaving this kind of damage.
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