Re: Problem with udev upgrading from wheezy to jessie
On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 11:58:16AM +0100, Martin Hanson wrote:
>
> Please upgrade your kernel before or while upgrading udev.
>
> AT YOUR OWN RISK, you can force the installation of this version of udev
> WHICH DOES NOT WORK WITH YOUR RUNNING KERNEL AND WILL BREAK YOUR SYSTEM
> AT THE NEXT REBOOT by creating the /etc/udev/kernel-upgrade file.
I read this as force the installation of udev (man dpkg search for
force) so, trying to decipher 'dpkg --force-help' I get
dpkg --force-breaks -i udev*deb then IMMEDIATEDLY try installing the
kernel again. Do not reboot until everything is installed without error.
If you get error messages about the syntax, then google or ask here,
I've had trouble myself when doing this. But, I've only needed to do
this maybe once or twice from memory.
Note the message, 'AT YOUR OWN RISK'
I don't know what it means by 'creating the /etc/udev/kernel-upgrade
file.' I'd check to see it it exists prior then after. I'd remove it if
the latter, e.g. I haven't got one in my system.
All this makes me wonder, how did you get into this "situation" in the
first place?
> There is always a safer way to upgrade, do not try this unless you
> understand what you are doing!
I guess this is meaning via normal use of a package manager.
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