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Re: How recover from aborted dist-upgrade Stable to Testing (due to apt-listbug bug 585448)



On Mi, 12 dec 12, 15:12:25, nv wrote:
> > 
> > apt/itude and dpkg should be able to handle interrupted dist-upgrade. 
> > However, for such a complex install as yours (didn't read very
> > careful, but I think I spotted Gnome, KDE and e17 at least), I would
> > suggest you do it gradually. Start with apt/itude (which should also
> > pull a newer dpkg) and go from there. Here are some commands that
> > might help
> > 
> Are you suggesting that I use apt-pinning to bring Gnome, for example, from
> testing to stable, then other systems, and then eventually dist-upgrade from
> stable to testing?

No, pinning brings even more complexity. Just 'apt-get install' a few 
packages at a time.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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