On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 01:54:02PM -0700, Allyn, MarkX A wrote: > I am trying to upgrade from stable (Sarge) to unstable (sid). I think I > am finding myself in a catch-22 situation > After setting the /etc/apt/sources.list to the unstable sources and > doing > and apt-get update, I try the following: > I bring the system down to a run-state of 1 (with no X running). I was > told this helps because it reduces the number of processes running on > the > machine. > I then do a apt-get dist-upgrade > Things seem to run okay until it tries to install the new udev package. > There is a complaint that the udev package needs a 2.6.12 kernel. > I then try to install the linux-image-2.6.12-1-386 package. > I get an error saying that hal: Depends udev (>- 0.063) You should be able to downgrade to the sarge version of hal, install linux-image-2.6.12-1-386, reboot, and then finish the dist-upgrade. > I try running apt-get -f install and it says that udev needs to be > installed. I answer yes to the verification and it comes back to the > error that the 2.6.12 kernel needs to be installed. > Should this be a bug filed against the installer or kerne? Neither; it's not an installer problem, and it's not the kernel-image that imposes the hal requirement -- that's simply a side-effect of the dist-upgrade having failed partway through. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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