[plug] upgrading from 6.06 to 8.04 ubuntu

[Rob Dunne]

Hi List,


I was trying to use the update-manager to upgrade from 6.06 to 8.04
ie
kdesu "update-manager -d"

I got a few error messages about various packages ie things like

The upgrade will continue but the 'python-vte' package may be in a not
working state. Please consider submitting a bugreport about
it.dependency problems - leaving unconfigured


and then

The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A 
recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include 
the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bugreport.
installArchives() failed


this ran for a while and then the update manager crashed!!!

The last error message on the screen (ie where the update manager was 
running) was

ImportError: /usr/local/lib/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found 
(required by
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)
Could not import module, is a package upgrade in progress? Error:
/usr/local/lib/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by 
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)

Now X doesnt work and I have no network froma that machine (yppasswd 
etc). I dont know why anyting was looking for a library in 
/usr/local/lib and I suspect that this was the cause of the problem. I 
am now burning an "alternate CD" to see if I can revive the system

If I do get an alternate CD and try again -- what should I do to try and
salvage it?

Bye
Rob