nv wrote: > After so much time wasted researching and feeling out different options, I > decided that it was finally time for me to switch to Wheezy (actually, > testing).
Fine. > I did aptitude update, aptitude upgrade, then converted my > /etc/apt/sources.list > to use 'stable' instead of 'squeeze.' Again aptitude update, aptitude > upgrade. > I was clean. At this moment Squeeze is still Stable and so there is no difference between the two steps that you did above. No difference. > I moved /etc/apt/preferences to preferences.bak. Again, aptitude > update, aptitude upgrade shows clean. I installed apt-listbugs SPECIFICALLY > in > preparation for a cautious dist-upgrade. I converted my /etc/apt/sources.list > to use 'testing' instead of 'stable,' and did aptitude update, > aptitude dist-upgrade. This is where you went wrong. You did not read the upgrade notes: http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/releasenotes Specifically you did not follow this step: http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#minimal-upgrade At this point you needed to do an 'upgrade' *before* doing a 'dist-upgrade'. That was the critical problem. The upgrade will prevent packages from being removed and will upgrade dpkg and apt before going further. Then you will have the new apt/dpkg for the subsequent dist-upgrade. But read the upgrade doc for other details. > When reading about all the people who hit this bug, everyone stated that the > solution is to uninstall apt-listbugs or patch it before dist-upgrade. But, I > found no one who described how to recover from the hit. > > I suspect that I might be able to simply clear some flag to cleanly abort the > dist-upgrade, (which would, hopefully, clear out the conflicts) but do not > know > where to look. But, I am open to any ideas. Hopefully, the power doesn't go > out, because I am not confident of a successful boot at this point. :> > Although, again, it seems that NOTHING was actually installed yet. It is this > apparent fact which gives me great hope. I am not sure the best way to recover. No time to read about your problem further. Bob
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