gaah, forgot to add: downgrading libc6 leads to terrible system-breaking conflicts.
m On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 12:07:44AM -0400, Matt Price wrote: > hello, > > tried switching to aptitude and, while I was't looking, aptitude > started to uninstall a whole slew of fundamental packages from my > computer! now I have to reinstall them, but the Sid glibc backage > seems to have aserious conflict with sysinit: > > Note, selecting libc6 instead of glibc-2.3.2.ds1-11 > Suggested packages: > glibc-doc > 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 753 not > upgraded. > 2 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B/4211kB of archives. > After unpacking 20.5kB of additional disk space will be used. > (Reading database ... 136582 files and directories currently > installed.) > Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.2.ds1-10 (using > ../libc6_2.3.2.ds1-11_powerpc.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement libc6 ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.2.ds1-11_powerpc.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/etc/default/devpts', which is also in package > initscripts > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.2.ds1-11_powerpc.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > Is there a trick for getting around a fundamental conflict like this > one? My system is pretty well disabled at the moment (e.g., I'm > missing "less" and can't install it!any clues? > m > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
