Re: failed upgrade, urgent help needed
On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 09:30:52AM +1000, John Griffiths wrote:
> >Sounds like a bug, but not one in apt-utils - I think you're barking up
> >the wrong tree there. Neither the kernel nor lilo actually went anywhere
> >near debconf anyway last I looked.
>
> but debconf goes near the kernel and lilo
No, I'm pretty sure it doesn't. Neither .deb has a config script.
> >It's still really hard to help you without the *exact* error messages
> >you're seeing when you boot the broken system. Even if they seem like
> >gibberish, they may jog someone's memory.
>
> I've fixed my own system - the data was all on seperate partitions so the
> certainty of a re-install appealed on a Sunday afternoon.
>
> but for someone upgrading from potato with the use of:
>
> #apt-get install kernel image 2.4.17.XXXXX
>
> will get ugly if apt-utils isn't installed, hence my feeling about it being
> a dependency.
Smells like a coincidence to me.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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