David Roundy muttered: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 08:54:24AM +0300, Martin Fluch wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > > > > My questions are: > > > 1. Why do the unresolved dependancies prevent apt from > > > updating other packages that have nothing to do with these? > > > > apt-get will tell you why, if you force it to install it with > > > > apt-get install .... > > Also, you could find out which packages were not upgraded if you had used > apt-get -u upgrade. Thanks, I _will_ learn to use these diagnostics reflexively!
dog:/home/paul# apt-get install smbfs <SNIP> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: smbfs: Depends: samba-common (= 2.0.7-3) but 2.0.7-3.4 is to be installed E: Sorry, broken packages So I will a) read the docs (again... and again...) b) force-install smbfs c) check to see if the bug has been logged Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] <- Please note new email address
