> I wanted to go from 'woody' to unstable (sid?) so I changed > my sources.list to point to unstable and then issued the command > 'apt-get update' then 'apt-get upgrade'. > > I have successfully downloaded all the new .debs but upgrade chokes > with the following message: > > E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential > package libpam-modules due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. > This is often bad, but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option. > E: Internal Error, Could not early remove libpam-modules > > Any tips? The easiest thing to do is just what it says: apt-get -u -o=APT::Force-LoopBreak=true upgrade --Nick