On Wednesday 17 April 2002 15:48, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 12:42:09AM +0100, Tim Baverstock wrote: > > I had problems with a missing apt-utils package. Should that be added to > > the command you suggest running before the dist-upgrade:? > > > > apt-get install dpkg apt debconf > > Er, how does not having apt-utils affect the upgrade? I did several > upgrades without that thing and everything is working just fine.
I kept seeing the message debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed while using apt. Once I installed it with dpkg, the message went away. I'm not experienced with this stuff, so if it sounds fishy, I'm probably in error, but I had some problems with pre-Woody KDE and Mesa packages, which seemed to choke apt completing the majority of packages. Running dpkg --configure --pending sorted out those packages, and once I'd installed apt-utils with dpkg, when I jiggled the KDE and mesa libraries, they were fully configured without my having to resort to dpkg. I have a transcript if you're particularly interested (it's not very exciting). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
