> > Sorry, I'm coming in late on this. I'm suffering from a broken testing > > broken php4, but "apt-get -t unstable install php4" just gives me a list > > of broken dependencies. > > > > How can I get around this? > > R > > > > (Tried unstable first, same failure). > > roz:/home/rory# apt-get -t stable install php4 > > -t doesn't downgrade, you'll probably have to use a pin with priority > higher than 1000 to go back to stable. > > If you post the output with -t unstable, we might be able to help. The > general idea is to add the packages it complains about to the apt-get > line, see what the real problems are and solve them.
The real problem is that php4 requires the unstable libc6 so please just upgrade libc6 (and -dev and locales) to unstable then install testing php4. Worked for me just a few minutes ago. Michael