Re: upgrade from 7 to testing no longer possible

[Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com>]

To Ja wrote:
> Hi All,
> Just tried to upgrade my simple LAMP box from Wheezy to Jessie, but this 
> error prevents whole process
>
> root@xxx:~# apt-get --download-only dist-upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Calculating upgrade... Failed
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  udev : Breaks: plymouth (< 0.9.0-7) but 0.8.5.1-5 is to be installed
> E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be 
> caused by held packages.
>
> I did exactly the same procedure few days ago and all went well. It 
> looks that udev version: 215-5+b1 introduced above problem.

> Can you please suggest any solution for that problem ?
> Maybe that should be reported as a bug ?
>
> Thanks.


I install and use the package 'upgrade-system', going from Wheezy to 
Jessie was an easy upgrade for me using the command 'upgrade-system'.

Good luck.
--
Jimmy Johnson

Debian Sid - KDE 4.14.1 - AMD64 - EXT4 at sda14
Registered Linux User #380263