Apache2 binary vanished during upgrade

[David]

On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 12:45:43PM +0000, David Hart wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 11:56:34AM +1100, David wrote:
> > 
> > Unfortunately, after doing apt-get update (just to make sure) and then 
> > apt-get dist-upgrade, I still don't have apache2 binary.
> > 
> > I'm not sure what to do next. Everything else appears to be there.
> 
> Did you remove the binary that you copied manually?

Yes, I did.

> Have you checked that packages are not still held back (it can sometimes
> take several applications of 'dist-upgrade' before everything gets
> installed)?

No, they weren't held back. I think apt decided that I didn't need apache.


Just to wrap this up, in case some other clod makes the same mistake!

* Initial problem caused by using apt-get upgrade instead of 
apt-get dist-upgrade

* For some reason, when I later did apt-get dist-upgrade, apt failed to 
install the apache2-mpm-prefork package that is needed in Breezy

* Following advice (sorry.. i've forgotten who), apt-get --simulate is a 
great way to figure out what is going to happen without doing any damage. 
I did <apt-get -s install apache2-mpm-prefork> and was able to see that it 
wouldn't do any damage to my existing installation. Everything is now just 
fine.

* Moral of the story: don't do important changes when you are too tired!