[SOLVED] Squeeze users: DO NOT UPGRADE APT!!!

Telemachos · 05-07-2009, 07:52 AM

Currently, something is very wrong in Debian-land. Do not update apt. If you do, you will end up removing aptitude and Synaptic and I don't know what else. Just say no to the current updates.

See bug notice here for further updates: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=527283

Edit: Problem solved.

the trooper · 05-07-2009, 08:01 AM

Been there already....
Had to pull packages down from Sid to sort the dependencies.
Completely my own fault.
I really must learn to read.......
Got aptitude working again now.

repo · 05-07-2009, 08:05 AM

if you use aptitude instead of apt-get, it will not install the broken package when you use

Code:

aptitude safe-upgrade

if you use

Code:

aptitude dist-upgrade

it will ask before removing.

In general I wait a few days, and then it will install normally.

Quote:

cannabis:/home/repo# aptitude safe-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
apt apt-utils
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done

cannabis:/home/repo#

Telemachos · 05-07-2009, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

if you use

Code:

aptitude dist-upgrade

it will ask before removing.

Right: you always get asked (with apt-get and Synaptic as well, I believe), but I've already seen two posts this morning (at http://forums.debian.net/) by people who didn't read the upgrade questions very carefully. So I figured that I would post a warning.

Nice username.