try running apt-get -f install for it to suggest a solution. Sometimes it is smarter than you are (and sometimes not) The force option simply allows apt-get to function if your package cache is broken. At least try it before reinstalling etch clean (although that might be fun)
On 4/9/07, Tom Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Monday 09 April 2007 14:51, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 14:25 -0700, Tom Brown wrote: > > I tried to uprade a dev server to etch today. The upgrade erred out on > > mysql upgrades. I'm told I might want to run 'apt-get -f install'. I've > > played with the force option before with bad results. Why are the libs > > that mysql depends on not upgraded first? Would it be a better idea to > > uninstall mysql, do the upgrade, then install the latest mysql? Any > > suggestions would be appreciated. > > Don't you need to upgrade libc6 first, as described in the release > notes? I looked over the release notes. Thanks for pointing me there. The release notes said to do a 'dpkg --audit' on all installed packages. Here's what I found out: $ dpkg --audit The following packages are in a mess due to serious problems during installation. They must be reinstalled for them (and any packages that depend on them) to function properly: mysql-server-5.0 mysql database server binaries The following packages have been unpacked but not yet configured. They must be configured using dpkg --configure or the configure menu option in dselect for them to work: libmysqlclient15off mysql database client library libmysqlclient15-dev mysql database development files mysql-client-5.0 mysql database client binaries So, it turns out I have a damaged install of mysql-server. I tried to force a purge, but that failed. Well, it is a dev server so, a clean install of etch may be in order. Is there way to manually remove the package. I can manually remove the files, but what about the package db? Is it possible to do a manual uninstall from the db? If it is possible, is it worth the effort/risk? Thanks, Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- -Daniel ;-)
