I see the same problem; the upgrade tools (e.g. apt-get dist-upgrade or aptitude) are eager to remove lots of woody packages. The problem seems to be that the new tar knocks out cpio, and this in turn takes out dpkg-dev, which takes out a lot of things.
Here's my list of affected packages: The following packages will be REMOVED: apt-move build-essential cpio cvs-buildpackage debhelper debmake devscripts dh-make dpkg-dev i2c-source kernel-package lm-sensors-source realplayer aptitude shows cpio 2.4.2-38 as the latest, and it's installed on my system (but scheduled for removal because tar 1.13.25-1 replaces it). This is with woody sources as of right now. cpio 2.4.2-39 does not show up. tar shows as conflicting with cpio <= 2.4.2-38 and replacing cpio (no version #). On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 07:53:57AM -0600, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 01:04:51PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > Fortunately I added the -s option in today's dist-upgrade and saw that > > quite a few packages which I regard as important will be removed. I > > figured out that it has to do with a new version of tar: > > Get apt to install a new version of cpio. > > cpio 2.4.2-39 looks like it's available in testing, though. To the tar > maintainer: shouldn't the 'Replaces: cpio' be 'Replaces: cpio (<= > 2.4.2-38)'? Perhaps this will encourage the packaging system to make > better decisions. Sorry to bring this up so close to the base freeze ... > > > $ sudo apt-get install tar > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > > alien build-essential cpio debhelper debmake debsums device3dfx-source > > dh-make dpkg-dev initrd-tools kernel-package > > Cheers, > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
