On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 01:42:01PM -0400, peter wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.7.20.2 > > ARGH!! This is the second time I have tried to upgrade a debian system > that hasn't been used in a while and the second time it craps out with > this sysvinit conflict/pre-depends loop. Are you trying to upgrading from pre-Etch (e.g. Sarge) to Lenny? > So trying to apt-get install packages one by one and I eventually get > to: 1. Upgrade apt: 'apt-get install apt' 2. Upgrade some packages: 'apt-get upgrade' 3. Upgrade remaining ones: 'apt-get dist-upgrade' Have you done it this way? (although you may need to use aptitude instead of apt-get) The last option is something like: apt-get -qq --print-uris dist-upgrade | cut -f2 -d"'" | xargs wget; dpkg -i *.deb But don't blame me if you have problems. -- Julian Andres Klode - Free Software Developer Debian Developer - Contributing Member of SPI Ubuntu Member - Fellow of FSFE Website: http://jak-linux.org/ XMPP: juliank@jabber.org Debian: http://www.debian.org/ SPI: http://www.spi-inc.org/ Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/ FSFE: http://www.fsfe.org/
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