Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

[Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com>]

tom arnall wrote:
> i attempted the distr-upgrade and after i rebooted did:
>
> kloro@debian:~$ uname -r
> 2.6.16.4
>
> so i did the distr-upgrade again. following is the session output. '31 not 
> fully installed or removed.' is where it gets interesting:
>
> kloro@debian:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

It was doomed from the start.  apt-get does not have the intelligence, as do the 
apt front ends, essential for all but the most trivial upgrades.  Of those I can 
only vouch for personal favorite, dselect.