Re: Is it now safe to upgrade?
debian@fishfishfish.org wrote:
> Unfortunately, I could not fix the dependency hell I ended up in, so I
> restored the disk from a backup image.
>
> I've just attempted to do things again, following the manual a little more
> closely.
>
> Even following the fine manual I seem to run into problems with the Woody
> to Sarge upgrade. It appears that aptitude is not actually available when I
> try to install it with apt-get install aptitude.
>
> Someone else, had the same problem a few weeks ago.
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-testing/2005/05/msg00247.html
>
> Any ideas?
If you follow the manual then you can (after switching the apt source
to sarge, kernel installation, and reboot) install aptitude from sarge,
together with its dependencies, namely glibc.
AFAICS the only tricky thing is to install the kernel without dragging
in glibc prematurely.
Thiemo
Reply to: