On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 05:05:05PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 03:30:47PM -0500, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > Sound like what I have seen "as usual" while doing dist upgrades (Debian > > and Ubuntu). Several apt-get {update|upgrade|dist-upgrade|-f install} > > cycles often are needed. Some packages almost always get "stuck", i.e. > > cannot be upgraded or prevent other packages to be upgraded. For those I > > do apt-get remove and then install. > > The hard part is to identify the key packages that are blocking all the > rest.
It seems to me that there must be a better way of organising all this. Has anyone done any kind of mathematical analysis of package repository management? -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]