Re: Bug#147543: apt-get dist-upgrade potato->woody removes vi/vimfiles
On Wed, 22 May 2002 14:41:05 -0700
Andrew Sharp <andy@netfall.com> wrote:
> > Either some package conflicted with vim, and caused apt to remove it(not apt's
> > fault, but the fault of the conflicting package), or some package during
> > upgrade had a bug, and removed just vim's files(this kind of targetted bug is
> > very unlikely, but, in any case, not apt's fault).
>
> OK, I forgot that I did just what the instructions said to do, for
> once in my life. Yup, I kept a typescript of the session. It's all
> spelled out in there. vim-perl gets removed for some strange reason
> when I did
>
> # apt-get install dpkg apt debconf
>
> I don't know why. Maybe one of you experts do. I attached the
> bzipped typescript log of the upgrade session.
Your typescript suggests you didn't do what you say here you do.
Try doing apt-get install dpkg apt debconf before doing
apt-get dist-upgrade.
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