* will trillich (will@serensoft.com) [020227 05:20]: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 03:09:55PM +1100, Matthew Dalton wrote: > > The only packages that gave me any grief were the KDE ones, as expected. > > The newer packages had the files rearranged between the different > > packages, so apt-get was unable to install packages because they were > > attempting to overwrite files from other installed packages. I think I > > ended up using 'dpkg --force-overwrite' a few times to get them > > installed. Everything else went without a hitch. I had to manually merge > > a few config files to get the intended changes from Woody into them, but > > that didn't seem unusual. > > > > I actually had to run dist-upgrade several times before it installed > > everything. It kept getting stuck on the KDE stuff, after which I would > > run 'apt-get -f upgrade' and 'dpkg --configure --pending' before > > starting another dist-upgrade. Eventually all that was left was to > > upgrade the broken KDE packages in the manner that I described above. I > > don't expect that this would happen on all upgrades though. > > do you think it'd pay to "apt-get --purge remove <kde*>" first? Why purge? If you just remove, it should save your configs. Just dumping it all doesn't sound like a very clean upgrade to me at all -- more like a catastrophic one =) Of course, if the config files are what it chokes on, you might end up having to purge them anyway, but at least do yourself a favor and back them up first. (Of course, you already backed up the whole system anyway before attempting the woody upgrade, right???) good times, Vineet -- Currently seeking opportunities in the SF Bay Area Please see http://www.doorstop.net/resume/ -- Satan laughs when we kill each other. Peace is the only way.
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