Hi again,
Sophoklis Goumas wrote:
> What do you mean? What makes you think so?
[...]
> # apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade
[...]
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> zlib1g-dbg : Depends: zlib1g (= 1:1.2.7.dfsg-4) but 1:1.2.7.dfsg-7 is
> installed
> zlib1g-dev : Depends: zlib1g (= 1:1.2.7.dfsg-4) but 1:1.2.7.dfsg-7 is
> installed
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
>
> I did what produced that I'm reporting, which is:
> # apt-get -f install
I see. A part of the bug is in the above message ("Try using -f").
It is normal for some packages to have unmet dependencies in unstable.
A good way to cope is to use normal "apt-get upgrade" (not
dist-upgrade) and let the packages have some time to sync up.
*thinks more*
But I don't think that is what is happening above. I think what
happened is that you installed zlib 1:1.2.7.dfsg-7 from
incoming.debian.org "by hand" using "dpkg --install" packages from
incoming.debian.org and then tried to use apt-get to upgrade other
packages and encountered the above trouble.
Am I guessing correctly? If so, I want to say "don't do that, then".
But I don't have any leg to stand on, since we don't provide some
other obvious command which would do the right thing, namely to
install the package specified on the command line while ensuring
that dependencies of other packages remain satisfied.
If I have guessed correctly, the underlying bug would be a wishlist
bug against apt: please provide a simple way to install a single .deb
package from incoming.debian.org.
Did I guess right?
Hope that helps and sorry for the trouble,
Jonathan
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http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-ftparchives.en.html#s-unstable
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