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Re: [PLUG] debian upgrade confusion
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On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:53:23AM -0400, Bill Jonas wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 12:56:02PM +0200, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> > So I try to apt-get -f install, but it doesn't work. Worse, this time
> > I don't understand the error message: even if I move away the file it
> > wants to overwrite, it fails with the same error.
>
> Keep in mind that you're moving into unstable, and you get the
> occasional conflict between package, or {pre,post}{inst,rm} script that
> breaks, or whatnot. In this situation, my action would be:
>
> ~# dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-bin_1.2.13-9_i386.deb
>
> Now, yeah, you wouldn't want to do that blindly, but from the look of
> it, it just wants to overwrite a documentation file.
>
> See also dpkg --force-help.
Excellent, thanks, Bill. That did it.
>From there, I was able to finish, not without having to repeat the use
of dpkg as above. But a few more iterations of apt-get dist-upgrade
and apt-get -f install and I now have no more packages awaiting
installation or configuration. Whew.
Now I just have to work up the courage to restart my X server and see
if the new one comes up ok. ;-)
Tomorrow is always a good day...
Many thanks to Bill, Greg, and Darxus for all the help on this little
journey.
--
Jeff
Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>
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