lucid2precise immediate configuration on 'python-minimal'

[linas]

Am following instructions on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-defaults/+bug/990740

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.134.12.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-28.55-generic 2.6.32.27+drm33.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-28-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jun 19 10:17:20 2013
GConfNonDefault:
 /apps/update-manager/show_details=false
 /apps/update-manager/show_versions=false
 /apps/update-manager/window_size=No value set for `/apps/update-manager/window_size'
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager

[linas (linasvepstas)]

BTW, I hit the problem when saying "apt-get dist-upgrade" while ssh'ed in remotely to a machine as root. I was not aware that update-manager is the preferred update method.

[linas (linasvepstas)]

Currently struggling with this:

apt-get -f install -o APT::Immediate-Configure=false python-minimal
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  gnome-icon-theme: Breaks: gnome-games (< 1:2.30.2-1) but 1:2.30.0-0ubuntu6 is to be installed
  libasound2: Breaks: libasound2-plugins (< 1.0.24) but 1.0.22-0ubuntu6 is to be installed
  libc6-dev: Breaks: cmake (< 2.8.4+dfsg.1-5) but 2.8.0-5ubuntu1 is to be installed
  libglib2.0-0: Breaks: gnome-control-center (< 1:3) but 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu2 is to be installed
                Breaks: gvfs (< 1.8) but 1.6.1-0ubuntu1build1 is to be installed
  libpango1.0-0: Breaks: plymouth (< 0.8.2-2ubuntu19) but 0.8.2-2ubuntu2.2 is to be installed
  ppp: Breaks: network-manager (<= 0.8.0.999-1) but 0.8-0ubuntu3.3 is to be installed
       Breaks: network-manager-pptp (<= 0.8.0.999-1) but 0.8-0ubuntu3 is to be installed

[linas (linasvepstas)]

Am making slow forward progress. Sure would have been nice is 'apt-get dist-upgrade' had printed a warning/error saying basically "don't do this, use the blah-upgrade-script instead" .. would have saved a lot of hassle.

[dino99 (9d9)]

This version is no more supported