On Thu 30 Jun 2016 at 12:58:24 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > I am rephrasing my question: - how do I make the upgrader skip a step > when it is hung, without halting the entire process? > > Sorry, I really dislike impatient questioners, but I am at a client's > hose and I am not keen to use ctrl-C because I don't know what else > still needs doing. I just want to skip to the next step.
Your reluctance is understandable but after a ctrl-C you should be able to recover with 'apt-get upgrade' without any ill effects.