Bug#263546: libgtk2.0-0: problem upgrading to sarge from woody

[J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)]

reassign 263546 upgrade-reports
retitle 263546 GNOME upgrade problems due to apt limitation
# For reference, this problem also showed up with other packages than
# libgtk2.0-0; see #263544 and #263548.
thanks

On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 20:36:48 -0400, James Strandboge wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 14:53, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 03:10:01 +0000, James Strandboge wrote:
> > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgtk2.0-common:
> > >  libgtk2.0-common depends on libgtk2.0-0; however:
> > >    Package libgtk2.0-0 is not configured yet.
> > > dpkg: error processing libgtk2.0-common (--configure):
> > >  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> > 
> > As with #263544, I've failed to reproduce this. Please provide a more
> > detailed recipe for reproducing the problem. Is the problem reproducible
> > if as the first step of upgrading to sarge you do "apt-get install apt"?
> > If so, does it help to set Dpkg::MaxArgBytes to a large value, say
> > 31000?
> 
> Thanks Ray-- good call.  Creating apt.conf with the above and upgrading
> apt before the dist-upgrade fixed the problem.

Is it possible for you to retest this upgrade path? If so, it would be quite
useful to know whether a change of Dpkg::MaxArgBytes is really necessary, or
whether it's sufficient to just upgrade to sarge's apt first thing.

> Where is the documentation on this (besides the apt changelog)?

The only documentation I'm aware of is http://bugs.debian.org/172339 and the
apt sources.

> It is definitely something that should be added to the release notes.

I agree. There doesn't seem to be a specfic (pseudo)package in the BTS for
the release notes yet; "upgrade-reports" seems somewhat appropriate though.

> Please close this bug.

I'm reassigning instead so as not to loose this info under the heap of
closed bug reports.

Ray
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