--- /dev/null
+--- /usr/lib/fai/updatebase.orig 2007-10-29 00:12:49.000000000 +0100
++++ /usr/lib/fai/updatebase 2007-10-29 00:13:27.000000000 +0100
+@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@
+ [ $? -ne 0 ] && yes '' | $ROOTCMD dpkg --configure -a
+ # using the above value, causes an error: "dpkg need action"
+ export aptopt=
++if [ -x /usr/bin/aptitude ] ; then
++$ROOTCMD aptitude $aptopt -f -y dist-upgrade </dev/null
++else
+ $ROOTCMD apt-get $aptopt -f -y dist-upgrade </dev/null
++fi
+ # update dpkg info which packages are available
+ tmp=$($ROOTCMD mktemp)
+ $ROOTCMD apt-cache dumpavail > $FAI_ROOT/$tmp