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Hello! It's been a while since I've done any write-ups, but I thought I'd do one to (hopefully) bring a little clarity to a situation that's been causing a lot of confusion and misinformation.
I'm thinking I'll go through what the problem is and why it happens. So, I guess, let's dive in:
Some people are finding that upon updating to 17.0.0, their consoles are getting a blackscreen and refusing to boot further.
| 'use strict'; | |
| var ELIDED = '<..>'; | |
| function repr(thing, depth, max) { | |
| if (depth === undefined) { depth = 0; } | |
| if (max === undefined) { max = 2; } | |
| if (isPrim(thing)) { | |
| return showPrim(thing); |
| before backup: | |
| dpkg --get-selections > packages.txt | |
| while restoring: | |
| dpkg --clear-selections | |
| dpkg --set-selections < packages.txt | |
| aptitude install |
