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(17th Nov, 2013 03:39 AM)Killerbee Wrote:  With my current installation I need to run dpkg --configure -a after each package when I run the apt-get upgrade command.
Do you want me to test something or should I start with a fresh installation?

For a fresh installation, what do you recommend:
Beta 1.1 => beta2
Beta 1.1 with hotfix => beta2
Beta 1.2 with hotfix => beta2
Alpha 5 => Beta 2
Beta2 image from beta topic => apt-get upgrade.
....

FYI
One other annoying thing is when I run apt-get update from the CLI, splash "updating" is showing. So I am unable to see what package is causing the crash of dpkg.

splash updating is valid only for xbian-update, xbmc stopped and xbian-update update wasn't triggered from xbian-config CLI. also you can disable it completely if you create /run/noreboot

Code:

sudo touch /run/noreboot

also anytime you can check the apt's/dpkg output in /var/log/apt/term.log (/var/log/apt/history.log contains apt/dpkg commands history)

also, dpkg --configure -a is showing which packages are going to be configured. if you get splash again and again, then the affected package IS xbian-update itself.

to your question which one base install is best for upgrade - there is no difference. and I mean it. xbian-update contains all changes / updates / config changes as transactions, while for each with check whether it is already applied or not. so at the end you get from them always the same installation.

only difference is, that Beta2 has BTRFS created with different options and this you won't get while updating from versions prior beta2 image (but you can convert into the new BTRFS anytime by doing XBIANCLONE to a new SD card, or to USB stick and then back to SD - or if you don't care actual system and only XBMC content (libs, thumbs, settings, addons) is relevant, you can update pre Beta2 install and use BACKUPHOME function).

you can provide already mentioned /var/log/apt/history.log+term.log via pastebin.