On Thursday 28 June 2007 15:51, Ken Bloom wrote: > On 06/28/2007 01:04:07 PM, Dylan Beaudette wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I had a rather well functioning install of debian testing on a > > laptop. > > After > > doing a recent aptitude upgrade I am faced with a rather bizzare > > situation: > > > > debianutils_2.19.i386 cannot be installed because it replaces things > > provided > > by the package 'passwd' . This seems to be a bug- but there is little > > online > > as to how to fix it. > > > > my apt sources point to 'testing' and my debian_version file > > says 'lenny/sid' ??? > > > > any tips on fixing this old beast? > > > > cheers, > > The two bug reports relating to this issue > (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=428633 and > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=428008) suggest to me > that you either don't keep your distribution updated very well, or > you're upgrading from pre-etch to lenny without hitting etch in > between. > > --Ken
yup - thanks for the tips. some folks on the #debian channel pointed this out, along with some tips. had to change my sources to point to 'etch' do a dist-upgrade, then point the sources to 'lenny', followed by a final dist-upgrade. cheers, dylan -- Dylan Beaudette Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group University of California at Davis 530.754.7341 _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
