Problem during upgrade from 08.04 LTS to 10.04.1 LTS

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 08:00 +0000, Fredrik Jonson wrote:
> Jay Ridgley wrote:
>  
> >  I am attempting to upgrade one of my systems from 08.04 LTS [and] the
> >  following message appears:
> > 
> >  E:Couldn't configure pre-depend jre for openoffice.org-writer2latex,
> >  probably a dependence cycle.'
> 
> In cases like this one you can probably uninstall the offending package and then
> attempt the upgrade again.
> 
> Though, as mentioned, I'm not sure a upgrade over two versions is a great idea,
> see the upgrade documentation:
> 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes
> 
> I recommend doing a backup and starting over with a fresh install instead of
> upgrading a such old release. It's a great opportunity to relieve the computer
> of old cruft too.
+1 I concur. I get copies of the Devel list and I have yet to see any
discussion checking if 8.04 updated correctly to 10.4 ...nary once. It's
a noble goal to be able to update from one LTS to the next, but I am
leery of that big a jump and to have all of your .dot and /etc files go
along with the plan successfully. I see nothing but a potential trail of
tears. :) Ric


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