Debian unstable completely screwed

[Patrick Dixon]

Haven't updated for a few days having been watching the other thread with some trepidation.

After an apt-get upgrade this morning, SC is completely dead.

Log file (2 parts) attached is full of errors:-

Help!!

[bobharp]

Welcome to the party Pat.

The Nightly (squeezecenter_7.0-17259_all.deb) did not fix my issues.

I'm sure it will be resolved soon.

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When all this settles down, can somebody please post a new thread "Debian unstable ok again"?!

I updated a few days ago and seared my hand a little so, given the posts around here lately, I don't want to go near it until it settles down.

[teeitup]

I've been gun shy for awhile now.

I download only the squeezecenter deb file. I save them off under a date. (apt-get -d squeezecenter)

I use dpkg to install. If I have trouble I can go back to the last known good version.

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I download only the squeezecenter deb file. I save them off under a date. (apt-get -d squeezecenter)

I use dpkg to install. If I have trouble I can go back to the last known good version.

That is not actually necessary. Include the SC deb path in your /etc/apt/sources.list and update as normal. Apt keeps all the downloaded packages in /var/cache/apt. e.g:

pc:/var/cache/apt/archives ls -lt sque*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21218748 2008-02-03 18:24 squeezecenter_7.0-17126_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17513962 2008-01-28 18:23 squeezecenter_7.0-16819_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17513190 2008-01-25 18:23 squeezecenter_7.0-16744_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17507646 2008-01-21 18:17 squeezecenter_7.0-16504_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17507172 2008-01-20 18:17 squeezecenter_7.0-16492_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17314156 2008-01-16 18:17 squeezecenter_7.0-16329_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17313826 2008-01-15 18:17 squeezecenter_7.0-16284_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17313254 2008-01-15 02:26 squeezecenter_7.0-16254_all.deb

Unless/until you purge your cache, you can always go back and install manually if you need. I use aptitude and it always lists the current and previous versions in its gui anyhow.