Re: Aborting Sarge->Etch upgrade
On 04/24/2007 03:41 PM, swampstomper@charter.net wrote [quoting me]:
>> 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.
As noted, I made similar mistakes. Please file a bug report to Package:
release-notes and/or Package: upgrade-reports as you feel appropriate.
Others can be forewarned of the traps with more readable upgrade
instructions, as I've suggested in my bug reports.
Regards,
Ralph
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