On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 02:42, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:53:02AM -0700, Bill Webster wrote:
> > I am having a problem and I am wondering if someone out there is having
> > the same problem or can explain what is going on.
> > 
> > My laptop was running KDE3 from unstable. 
> 
> You couldn't be, since KDE2.2 is still in unstable, though broken,
> right now.

I was confused by the fact that the packages say 'Version: 4:...'. In
fact why do they?

> 
> > About 3 days ago I did an upgrade that upgraded it to what appears
> > to be a partial upgrade to version 4.
> 
> This is why you need to review what a dist-upgrade is going to do.  If
> you see a large number of packages being removed, do not upgrade.  You
> can either try to downgrade to testing or wait it out until KDE3 is
> fully merged in with sid.  Your KDE is now a mix of 3.1 and 2.2, with
> a *lot* of missing packages.  Good luck.

I always try and watch out for things like this. In fact I rarely do
dist-upgrades but I do perform upgrades regularly. But some how I must
of done a dist-upgrade and did not pay attention. :-)



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