Re: apt-get dist-upgrade bails
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 08:40:39AM -0500, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> I decided to go to 'testing', so edited my sources.list, did 'apt-get
> update', 'apt-get dist-upgrade' which, after installing lots of packages,
> bailed with the following error:
>
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/gdk-imlib-dev_1.9.14-6_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> So, how badly hosed is my system, and what do I need to do to complete the
> upgrade?
FWIW, it's advised to do
<update sources.list to testing>
apt-get update
apt-get install apt dpkg tar ( ... any others anyone?)
apt-get dist-upgrade
... rather than just a straight update; dist-upgrade.
In this case, what does /another/ apt-get dist-upgrade do?
jc
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