At last! apt-get install -f got me out of the dependency failure tarpit that was killing my attempts to apt-get install packages and to dpkg --configure -a. Another thing to try would've been apt-get clean -f. A subsequent apt-get dist-upgrade worked (took under 3 minutes).
Thanks to JoshuaRL on #ubuntu. -- Many errors installing packages during upgrading to 8.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222096 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
