This won't really help, but there was a message a week or more ago suggesting that people using unstable put the x packages in 'hold' status unless they were exceedingly brave.
Bob On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Richard B. Melrose wrote: > I have been happily using apt-get to maintain a laptop at the `unstable' > distributon for a few weeks with no real problems. However I am having > trouble with updates of xbase and xlib6. It looks as though `getreal' is > really missing (I can find no mention of it anywhere), or maybe there is an > error in a script. Any suggestions? Here is a typical transcript (mostly > dpkg I guess). > > Richard Melrose > > *** > > The following extra packages will be installed: > xlib6 > 2 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. > 2 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0b/907k of archives. After unpacking 5252k will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > (Reading database ... 44195 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace xbase 3.3.2.3a-1 (using xbase_3.3.2.3a-3.deb) ... > /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: getreal: command not found > dpkg: error processing xbase_3.3.2.3a-3.deb (--unpack): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 127 > Preparing to replace xlib6 3.3.2.3a-1 (using xlib6_3.3.2.3a-3.deb) ... > /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: getreal: command not found > dpkg: error processing xlib6_3.3.2.3a-3.deb (--unpack): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 127 > Errors were encountered while processing: > xbase_3.3.2.3a-3.deb > xlib6_3.3.2.3a-3.deb > E: Sub-process returned an error code > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
