Re: Aborting Sarge->Etch upgrade

[<swampstomper@charter.net>]

>Hi there,
>
>As I've posted, this upgrade can be much more tricky than it looks.
>
>You appear to have forgotten, as I did, to carefully read and follow the
>instructions in "4.5.4.1. Upgrading a desktop system" of the release
>notes where it says:
>	If you do have a full desktop system installed, run:
>
>          # aptitude install libfam0 xlibmesa-glu
>
>See http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes .
>
>The good news is, you stopped and asked!  I didn't, and had more
>trouble.  (As reported to the list on 12 April, Subject: Sarge -> Etch:
>A Painful Upgrade)
>
>Good luck, I think you caught it in time!
>
>Ralph

Ralph,

Thanks for the pointer.  I guess I should have read a bit further into the release notes.  A section  entitled "Minimial system upgrade" didn't seem to be a likely place to look.