Re: Bug#396331: upgrade-reports: sarge to etch removes kernels

["Ryan Finnie" <ryan@finnie.org>]

On 10/31/06, Ryan Finnie <ryan@finnie.org> wrote:
> The etch libc6 Conflicts: initrd-tools (<< 0.1.84.1), however the etch
> initrd-tools *IS* 0.1.84.1.  So yeah, there is a problem (supposedly
> fixed in sid) with conflict resolution.  As it turns out, you can
> continue to use 2.6.8 on an etch machine, as long as you keep hotplug
> and don't install udev.

Excuse me, it seems this only happens when you do "aptitude -f install
aptitude" (as the release notes suggest) (actually, it'll happen when
you install anything that depends on libc6).  "aptitude -f
dist-upgrade" alone, using sarge's aptitude, tries to remove all
kernels.

So, should the release notes not encourage people to install an
updated aptitude before dist-upgrading?  As a workaround, I did find
that if you "aptitude -f install initrd-tools", it just updates
initrd-tools and no other packages.  So:

1. aptitude -f install initrd-tools
2. aptitude -f install aptitude
3. aptitude -f dist-upgrade

This procedure allows you to upgrade aptitude before the main
dist-upgrade, but it when done in this order, does not delete your
kernels.

Ryan Finnie