Re: apt-get dist-upgrade bails
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 at 10:10pm, Jonathan Matthews wrote:
: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.
OK - that wasn't obvious from 'man apt-get'.
:In this case, what does /another/ apt-get dist-upgrade do?
I haven't tried that, but I guess it can't do any harm.
Patrick
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