[EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:54:27PM -0700: > I tried to do a 'apt-get dist-upgrade' from stable to testing. > > I got lots of messages about directories that couldn't get erased > because there was still stuff in them. There were also a few > packages that were held back because they "could not be > authenticated". (I had to install them afterwards.) > > IIRC some things broke but after numerous 'apt-get -f install's > and 'apt-get dist-upgrade's I think all is well. > > Is it normal for a dist-upgrade from stable to testing to be so > messy? > > I'm almost afraid to ask what to expect when you go from stable > to unstable!??1 > > Perhaps stable->unstable dist-upgrades are best left to bare > bones machines BEFORE you have 100s of apps to upgrade? > > Chris
It has been a while since I did a dist-upgrade, admittedly. I expect that the move from stable to testing or unstable will be messy, though. The upgrade from stable to stable is the one that they test and care about, naturally. In the past I have had exactly the same kind of mess. I resolved a lot of it similarly, too. Ran the dist-upgrade several times, then manually dealt with the ones that didn't want to behave. Dependencies and whatnot really are in flux in those versions. These kinds of issues aren't weird at all. Wade Curry -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
