On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 00:03, Andreas Wüst wrote: > > Am Freitag, 25.07.03, um 23:39 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Michel > Dänzer: > > > On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 22:50, Andreas Wüst wrote: > >> > >> I wanted to install some X11 related packages from sid, but they all > >> have broken dependencies ["( ... ) but it is not going to be > >> installed"]. So far, so good. When following those dependencies, it > >> ultimately leads to xlibs, where it reads: > >> > >> xlibs (> 4.2.0) but 4.1.0-16 is to be installed > >> > >> Huh, I mean, what should that tell me?? If doing an apt-cache policy > >> xlibs, there is a 4.2.1-9 install candidate, and when checking > >> http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xfree86/ there is > >> obviously a binary available too. Furthermore, apt-get -u -t unstable > >> install xlibs doesn't mention any problems. > >> > >> What is the problem? I am seeing this behaviour an all of my boxen, so > >> it does not seem to be triggered by strange package combinations et > >> al. > > > > Hard to tell without seeing exactly what you're doing and the full > > output. > > Hmm, well, basically I wanted to do > > # apt-get -u -t unstable install gnome-session > > on one of my boxen (which is running woody ATM). This gets me a list of > broken dependencies, and apt-get quits. Following those deps, I end up > everywhere on said xlibs dependency (which, to be honest, I don't > understand, why does it want to install 4.1.0-16 when it wants a > version greater then 4.2.0 and such a version [4.2.1-9] is even > available?).
Because you have an older version installed, and you don't tell it to upgrade that. It works if you add xlibs on the install line, doesn't it? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
