On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 12:28:23PM +0100, Jean-Christophe Michel wrote: > Hi, > > I use a testing on Pismo G3. After I made a dist-upgrade to update all > packages on hold, aptitude asked to remove php4 package because an unmet > dependancy with libc6 (it seems to me...) > I need php4. How can I > 1. downgrade to have previous version back > 2. get php4 from unstable without upgrading all ? > > (I tried to add a line with unstable in sources.list and > put in preferences > Package: * > Pin: release a=testing > Pin-Priority: 800 > > Package: * > Pin: release a=stable > Pin-Priority: 100 > > Package: php4* > Pin: release a=unstable > Pin-Priority: 1100 > > but apt-get update hangs on > E: Dynamic MMpa ran out of room > E: Error occured while processing xxdiff (NewVersion1) > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.u-strasbg.fr_debian_dists_unstables_main_binary-powerpc_Packages
For the apt problem, <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2003/debian-boot-200302/msg00367.html";>Re: dynamic MMap ran out of room.. no apt.conf file?</a> I think I read php4 was temporarily broken in testing, related to the new libc6. -- "The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what we should do with software engineers. They put the designer under the bridge, and then they marched over it." -- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
