Re: Sarge Upgrade DEBOCLE ! ! !
On Monday 13 June 2005 04:31 pm, Tom Allison wrote:
> Brian Kimsey-Hickman wrote:
> > Help me please!
> >
> > I have mistakenly trusted the Debian community and upgraded to
> > Sarge and it is a DISASTER.
> >
> > HOW COULD YOU HAVE DONE THIS TO US ! ! !
>
> With a post like this, I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't get much
> help. You're not exactly welcoming...
>
> I don't know why you used dselect to do this.
> I am pretty certain that you really don't want to use dselect when
> doing a distribution upgrade. Did you read the very fine manual
> before upgrading?
>
> If not, then you might consider doing that now.
>
> However, if you are short on time and can't be bothered, you might
> attempt the following:
>
> Assumption:
> between your sources.list and preferences files you are choosing
> stable by default and that you have a sources.list that includes all
> the proper debian branches.
>
> apt-get autoclean; this will clean up your cache directory, good
> thing to do every once in a while but no required.
>
> apt-get update;
>
> apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> This is the way you are supposed to do an upgrade of this type. Not
> dselect.
I am not so dure about 'not' using dselect. It has been deprecated for
aptitude but this does not mean it is a proper tool to do a version
upgrade, which I believe it is.. a fine tool.
>
> If it doesn't work for you, start with an apt-get check to see what
> the status is. Then you might be able to get some more useful
> information for people to use in order to help you get out of this
> jam. help us to help you.
>
> However, if you continue to come off as "How can you do this to me"
> then enjoy being a pseudo-victim becuase you were the one who didn't
> read the fine manual. Self Abuse is nothing we can be guilty of.
--
Greg Madden
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