Re: apt-get; all messed up by update...
On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 11:19:17AM -0500, Gregory Guthrie wrote:
> I have a Woody system that has been running for over a year now without
> much change, and I just tried to do an apt-update, and then apt-upgrade,
> and the whole thing seems to be totally messed up. (see below)
<snip>
> 216 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 36 not upgraded.
I'm curious... One does not have these issues (upgrading that many
packages and holding back 36, while having dependency problems) if you
simply upgrade your packages for security reasons using just
security.debian.org. So, I take it that you run woody, while you want to
upgrade to sarge or sid (testing or unstable). Is this true? If so, do
_not_ use apt-get upgrade, since this does not handle new dependencies
_at all_. In sarge or sid, the dependencies between packages are
different from those in woody, since newer versions have been installed,
packages have been split or merged, new packages with new features have
been added, etc.
To upgrade to another distro, use
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
where dist-upgrade will tell apt-get to add and remove packages to
resolve dependency issues. Under normal circumstances, you can trust
apt-get.
HTH, David
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