Also sprach Colin Watson (Mon 04 Aug 02003 at 09:03:03PM +0100): > On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 01:06:13PM -0500, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > Also sprach Colin Watson (Mon 04 Aug 02003 at 06:19:34PM +0100): > > > On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 09:57:39AM -0500, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > > > Worse, installing apt-listchanges depends on python-apt, which -- in > > > > turn -- depends on two (2) virtual packages that do *not* exist: > > > > > > > > libapt-inst-libc6.3-5-1.0 > > > > libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 > > > > > > You're using testing, I bet. Bits of the dependency tree above apt are > > > broken there at the moment. It was nearly fixed recently but ran into > > > glibc problems due to a mistake. > > > > > > Unstable is fine, though. <snip />
> > # sudo apt-get -u install apt-listchanges python-apt=0.5.5.2
> > Reading Package Lists... Done
> > Building Dependency Tree... Done
> > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> > or been moved out of Incoming.
> > The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> >
> > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> > python-apt: Depends: libapt-inst-libc6.3-5-1.0
> > Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3
> > E: Sorry, broken packages
>
> You want to install apt from unstable as well, which provides those
> virtual packages. You'll need unstable's versions of libgcc1 and
> libstdc++5.
I don't think I want to do this ;>
# sudo apt-get -u install apt=0.5.8
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
apt-utils aptitude synaptic
The following packages will be upgraded
apt
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 29 not
upgraded.
Need to get 718kB of archives. After unpacking 4123kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.
# sudo apt-get -u install -t unstable apt/unstable
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Selected version 0.5.8 (Debian:unstable) for apt
The following packages will be REMOVED:
apt-utils aptitude synaptic
The following packages will be upgraded
apt
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 29 not
upgraded.
Need to get 718kB of archives. After unpacking 4123kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.
I do not want to do without apt-utils, aptitude, and synaptic . . .
What else am I missing?
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