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Bug#522665: upgrading too far borks a second system



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.

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