thanks Bob for your detailed reply
On Sat, 1 Dec 2012, Bob Proulx wrote:
Also check /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* for any additional files that are
contributing to the list. Ensure that there are none.
I had actually removed them
What was the reason for the reboot? Did you lose power? You weren't
done yet and should not have rebooted at that point in the upgrade.
I first tried without rebooting, and as it failed, I tried again after reboot,
according a recommendation I saw in a debian forum
As Tom said those are Squeeze versions. For example in Wheezy the
package libmyodbc would be version 5.1.10-2+b1 not 5.1.6-1. That is
why Tom asked for the apt-cache policy output.
as I replied, I know that 5.1.6-1 is the Squeeze installed version, but I
can't
understand why it can't be upgraded, i.e. what prevents the
dependencies to be fulfilled.
In addition to the sources.list and sources.list.d also ensure that
any /etc/apt/preferences file has been removed. Contents of that file
will affect pinning.
I also removed the preferences files
Check that there aren't packages in the "hold" state.
$ apt-mark showhold
this parameter exists in the Wheezy version, but not in mine (apt 0.8.10.3)
I use
# dpkg --get-selections "*"|grep -e "hold$"
anyway. I just had iceweasel in hold, and I put it in install, when reading
the message from pkgProblemResolver, with
echo "iceweasel install" | dpkg --set-selections
but the problem remains.
I did again update / upgrade / dist-upgrade
==> same result
# apt-get install libmyodbc
I also tried that.
the error message told me that there was unmet dependancies,
initscripts : Breaks: console-seuop
initscripts : Breaks: nfs-common
python-apt : Breaks: update-notifier
I then did
# apt-get install console-setup
and that worked. Encouraging, isn't it?
but for the other ones, I ran into some kind of endless loop
# apt-get install nfs-common
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc6-dev : Breaks: gcc-4.4
# apt-get install gcc-4.4
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
initscripts : Breaks: nfs-common
libglib2.0-0 : Breaks: gnome-control-center
libva1 : Breaks: vlc-nox
When I run
# apt-get install
I get "1763 ackages not upgraded"
Is it possible to clear this list of packages waiting for upgrade, to
start from a clean state?
best regards,
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Pierre Frenkiel
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