On 9/14/05, Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > my subject unfortuentely says it all. > > I am using debian and with a mixed bag of sources. > > I upgraded my system to stable (which was previously sarge and stable was > woody) but didn't change my sources.list.
How did you do the upgrade? Did you use dist-upgrade? I think this is the way to "jump" from one version to the next. > > I hadn't however changed any system files and only removed a few apps. > > But my printing was broken so in an attempt to get it to work I tried > upgrading cupsys and then the dunce factor apt-get complained about a lib it > needed but wasn't available. When had already done forced the newer packages > of cups and was with a new set of problems by then. > > The bottom line, apt-get complains that inorder to fix the problem it will > first need to remove e2fsprogs: > > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y > E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential > package e2fsprogs due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad, but > if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option. > E: Internal Error, Could not early remove e2fsprogs > > but to my sorry I couldn't get it to agree to -o apt::forceloopbreak=true, > and I am reluctant to manually remove it for fear my partitions will be > unreadable. I understand your fear but e2fsprogs is essential only if you have to run fsck or re-create the filesystem. They are not for plain-mount of the filesystem. Try maybe to get a good rescue CD (debian install CD?) handy and then proceede with removing the looping depends. > > Any ideas would be most welcome. Maybe try to dig about dist-upgrade and google for the error messages you get. > > Thanks > Aaron HTH, --Amos ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
