On Monday 04 July 2016 21:52:49 Bill Harris wrote: > Gary Dale <garyd...@torfree.net> writes: > > On 04/07/16 03:23 PM, Bill Harris wrote: > >>> The simplest solution would be to reinstall the offending > >>> packages. Apt-get doesn't have that option but aptitude does. I can't > >>> try this at home but it may resolve the conflicts. Install aptitude > >>> and give it a try. > >> > >> Gary, > >> > >> I like simple. To be clear, is this the sequence you're proposing? > >> > >> - Now that I've deleted backports from my sources.list, run `aptitude > >> install emacs24` and so forth through the list. > >> > >> - Then run `apt-get dist-upgrade`. > >> > >> - Reboot into Jessie. > >> > >> The alternative seems to be > >> > >> - Run `apt-get dist-upgrade`. > >> > >> - Run `aptitude install emacs24` and so forth through the list. > >> > >> - Reboot into Jessie. > >> > >> The first sounds correct, but this isn't fully a Jessie system yet, and > >> I'd be reinstalling packages that only came with dist-upgrade. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Bill > > > > Not even close. I was suggesting installing aptitude then use the > > reinstall option to reinstall the packages. > > I think I'm not understanding. I'll try to be clearer on my end to see > if that helps: > > - I do have aptitude, so I don't have to install it. In fact, I usually > use aptitude, but the release notes for Wheezy > > (https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en >.html#upgradingpackages) suggested using apt-get for this upgrade to reduce > the chance of problems. > > - I have yet to do the `apt dist-upgrade` (I downloaded all the packages > and then quit), so I've got to do that at some time. > > - My question was whether I > > - reinstall the packages first, and then do the dist-upgrade later, or > > - do the dist-upgrade first, and then reinstall the packages later. > > - I am guessing that I should reinstall the packages first. > > - No matter which order I use, it sounds like I have at least two > choices for the reinstall: > > - `apt-get install <package> --reinstall` > > Thanks; I had guessed the --reinstall would come before install. > > Not that it matters, but, from a bit of reading, it sounds as if > `apt-get install <package>/wheezy` might work, too. > > - `aptitude reinstall <package>` > > Which is, in a way, cleaner, although I seem to recall cautions > about mixing apt-get and aptitude, and this would be mixing them > closely. (Yes, I know I'll be mixing them anyway, if I go back to > aptitude once Wheezy is fully installed. > > Thanks to you and Cindy for your help. > > Does that clarify my remaining confusion? > > Bill
I would do the dist-upgrade first and clear up any mess remaining afterwards. Lisi
