Re: Failed upgrade bo->hamm with apt
On 21 May 1998, Adam P. Harris wrote:
> > Also, in future, please save a copy of your /var/lib/dpkg/status file
> > before doing an upgrade - if something goes wrong in APT I can duplicate
> > it here with the information in that file.
>
> This is a very good point. Brandon, or whoever's running this list,
> we should compile a recipe for testing apt for bo-> hamm upgrades, and
> this would be a good early step.
Just as an aside, I have a collection of >20 status files that I use to
test APT's sequencer, everything from rexx to pre-frozen hamm. There are
enough internal checks that the algorithm is self testing as far as
dependencies go - what it did for brandon is exactly what I expected it to
do given those conditions.
On reflection I think I may investigate changing things so that this
condition results in an error if an essential package is involved, however
that may make perl uninstallable...
Jason
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