On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 20:54, Thatcher Ulrich wrote: > On Jul 08, 2002 at 09:44 -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 09:49:56AM -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote: > > > On Jun 27, 2002 at 11:40 -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote: > > > > On Jun 27, 2002 at 10:05 -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote: > > > > > > > > > > BTW, can someone quickly explain what I do to try the new version of > > > > > the package? I'm a Debian newbie, so I only really understand the > > > > > basics of dselect/aptitude. > > > > > > OK, I fiddled around endlessly and discovered that the x-window-system > > > and x-window-system-core packages do not automatically pull in the > > > 4.2.0 version of xserver-xfree86, on my system. Probably an APT > > > configuration thing, like I said I'm new to Debian. > > > > Hmm, I'm not sure what packages you're using: > > > > Package: x-window-system-core > > Status: install ok installed > > Priority: optional > > Section: x11 > > Installed-Size: 120 > > Maintainer: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Source: xfree86 > > Version: 4.2.0-0pre1v1 > > Depends: xserver-xfree86, xlibmesa3, xfonts-base (>> 4.0), xfonts-100dpi, > > xfonts-75dpi, xfonts-scalable, xbase-clients, xutils > > Yup, that matches what I see from "apt-cache show > x-window-system-core". I've been using aptitude to do my > installations. I have no clue why it doesn't pull in xserver-xfree86 > and so on -- when I ran the install, it claimed it successfully > installed x-window-system-core, but it did nothing with the > dependencies.
Because they are unversioned, the old versions that were already installed satisfied them. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
