apt-get gone crazy?

[Gerry Doris]

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Ben Stringer wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 13:42, Gerry Doris wrote:
> > I have up2date, yum and apt installed.  up2date and yum are working fine.
> > apt-get was also working a short time ago but it seems to have gone off 
> > the rails lately.
> > 
> > When I try and run "apt-get upgrade" it wants to remove every single 
> > package on my PC.  
> 
> Does it want to replace them all with new packages?

No.  It just wants to remove all 847 packages and update none.  In other 
words, erase my disk!

> 
> > 
> > I've tried removing and installing apt but that doesn't do anything.  Does 
> > anyone have a clue why this is happening?
> 
> Do you always run "apt-get update" before attempting an upgrade? If not,
> try this - it will refresh apt's package list.

I'll give it a try.  Thanks!


-- 
Gerry

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