On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 03:30:56AM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > Thus, doing > > # apt-get install apt dpkg > # apt-get dist-upgrade > > before doing the upgrade would be successful, but just doing As I recall, that has been a recommendation in previous versions. (The dpkg update, at least). I wonder if it's sufficiently sensible that apt should offer to do it, on dist-upgrade? 'New versions of apt and dpkg are available, installing these first'. Jules