Package: fai-client Version: 3.2.1 Severity: wishlist
Currently there's a problem with apt/aptitude in Debian/unstable (see #447960) which causes serious problems in upgrading the base system. "apt-get dist-upgrade" currently removes aptitude in stage updatebase and all the following actions therefore fail. As aptitude handles such situations just fine I suggest to use aptitude for dist-upgrade if possible. The attached (verified) patch supports use of aptitude inside /usr/lib/fai/updatebase and only falls back to apt-get if aptitude isn't available. regards, -mika-
--- /usr/lib/fai/updatebase.orig 2007-10-29 00:12:49.000000000 +0100 +++ /usr/lib/fai/updatebase 2007-10-29 00:13:27.000000000 +0100 @@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ [ $? -ne 0 ] && yes '' | $ROOTCMD dpkg --configure -a # using the above value, causes an error: "dpkg need action" export aptopt= +if [ -x /usr/bin/aptitude ] ; then +$ROOTCMD aptitude $aptopt -f -y dist-upgrade </dev/null +else $ROOTCMD apt-get $aptopt -f -y dist-upgrade </dev/null +fi # update dpkg info which packages are available tmp=$($ROOTCMD mktemp) $ROOTCMD apt-cache dumpavail > $FAI_ROOT/$tmp
