On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2017-08-02 15:51 -0500, Kent West wrote: > > > I'm running Sid (so I know brokenness happens), and I got bit by bug > > #869670, "linux-headers-4.11.0-2-amd64 : Depends: > > linux-headers-4.11.0-2-common (= 4.11.11-1+b1) but it is not going to be > > installed". > > > > I expected that a "grave" bug might get fixed pretty rapidly, so I've not > > worried too much about it, refreshing the bug report screen in my > > web-browser two or three times a day looking for any movement, but it's > > been nearly two weeks, and the only movement I've seen was me chiming in > a > > "Me too, updates?" type post. > > It's fixed in the git master branch, but this branch currently tracks > Linux 4.12, no idea when that might hit unstable. > > > So I'm guessing it's not going to be fixed anytime soon. Can someone > > suggest a work-around? Perhaps a switch to aptitude/apt-get for force the > > install despite the broken dependency, etc? I need the header files for > > VirtualBox modules to recompile, so I can once again run my VirtualBox > > machines. > > You can obtain the previous version of linux-headers-4.11.0-2-amd64 from > snapshot.debian.org: > > http://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux/4.11.11-1/# > linux-headers-4.11.0-2-amd64_4.11.11-1 > > Cheers, > Sven > > "dpkg -i [that package]" (along with a little tinkering) got my VirtualBox back up and running. Thank you! -- Kent West <")))>< Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
