Re: catch-22 upgrade (FYI)

[Mark Grieveson <dg135@torfree.net>]

> > I'm hoping one day that I'll be samrt and actually make a back-up of 
> > my system before trying stuff like upgrading again.
>
>
> You should always have backups. If you are running unstable, you 
> should make the backups NOW. You never know what is going to happen in 
> the next upgrade. Better be paranoid and have backups ready than 
> loosing months/years of work.
>
> > My OpenOffice.org 2.0 (converted from alien) seems to have vanished.
>
>
> Why not just install them from unstable repositories (instead of 
> alien)? It is as simple as running
>
> apt-get install openoffice.org
>
> Unstable currently has openoffice 2.0.1-2 .
>
> Also before upgrading from stable to testing or unstable, I think it 
> is a good idea to check
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/StatusOfTesting
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/StatusOfUnstable
>
>
> hth
> raju

Thanks for the tips.  I did install OpenOffice.org 2.0, and it works 
well.  My main point was how irritating the udev/kernel image catch-22 
was.  I know others have dealt with this quandary too.