So, I started working on updating my PowerPC today, and the apt went nuts indicating that there is a large amount of depends that are not being met. An example is iproute2, while troubleshooting things It even went so far as to remove iproute2.
I was able to get the system half working again however the loops are related to below. It looks like the repo is in some half state of needing a large amount of conflicting packages and it has left the system in a currently unusable state. root@iLamp:/sdctemp/ppc# dpkg -i * (Reading database ... 171476 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack iproute2_6.8.0-1+b1_powerpc.deb ... Unpacking iproute2 (6.8.0-1+b1) over (6.8.0-1+b1) ... dpkg: regarding libdb5.3t64_5.3.28+dfsg2-5+b1_powerpc.deb containing libdb5.3t64:powerpc: libdb5.3t64 breaks libdb5.3 (<< 5.3.28+dfsg2-5) libdb5.3:powerpc (version 5.3.28+dfsg2-4) is present and installed. dpkg: error processing archive libdb5.3t64_5.3.28+dfsg2-5+b1_powerpc.deb (--install): installing libdb5.3t64:powerpc would break libdb5.3:powerpc, and deconfiguration is not permitted (--auto-deconfigure might help) dpkg: regarding libelf1t64_0.191-1_powerpc.deb containing libelf1t64:powerpc: libelf1t64 breaks libelf1 (<< 0.191-1) libelf1:powerpc (version 0.190-1) is present and installed. dpkg: error processing archive libelf1t64_0.191-1_powerpc.deb (--install): installing libelf1t64:powerpc would break libelf1:powerpc, and deconfiguration is not permitted (--auto-deconfigure might help) dpkg: regarding libtirpc3t64_1.3.4+ds-1.1_powerpc.deb containing libtirpc3t64:powerpc: libtirpc3t64 breaks libtirpc3 (<< 1.3.4+ds-1.1) libtirpc3:powerpc (version 1.3.4+ds-1) is present and installed. dpkg: error processing archive libtirpc3t64_1.3.4+ds-1.1_powerpc.deb (--install): installing libtirpc3t64:powerpc would break libtirpc3:powerpc, and deconfiguration is not permitted (--auto-deconfigure might help) dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of iproute2: iproute2 depends on libdb5.3t64; however: Package libdb5.3t64 is not installed. iproute2 depends on libelf1t64 (>= 0.131); however: Package libelf1t64 is not installed. iproute2 depends on libtirpc3t64 (>= 1.0.2); however: Package libtirpc3t64 is not installed. dpkg: error processing package iproute2 (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-3) ... Errors were encountered while processing: libdb5.3t64_5.3.28+dfsg2-5+b1_powerpc.deb libelf1t64_0.191-1_powerpc.deb libtirpc3t64_1.3.4+ds-1.1_powerpc.deb iproute2 root@iLamp:/sdctemp/ppc# dpkg -r libelf1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libelf1:powerpc: libglib2.0-bin depends on libelf1 (>= 0.142). libgl1-mesa-dri:powerpc depends on libelf1 (>= 0.142). libdw1:powerpc depends on libelf1 (= 0.190-1). libbpf1:powerpc depends on libelf1 (>= 0.144). libbpf0:powerpc depends on libelf1 (>= 0.142). dwz depends on libelf1 (>= 0.131). dpkg: error processing package libelf1:powerpc (--remove): dependency problems - not removing Errors were encountered while processing: libelf1:powerpc
