Re: nis and netbase conflicts
Håvard Dahle wrote:
>
> I'm currently having a bit of problems with my G3, which runs woody.
> During a apt-get recently, my netbase package was updated to 4.05. This
> would be fine and dandy, had it not been for the fact that netbase 4.05
> conflicts with nis (<= 3.6-2), and the only nis package that seems to
> be available, is nis 3.6-2.
> So what I was wondering is:
> * where did I screw up?
> * do anyone know of a way to fix this?
> * how can I force a downgrade of netbase, if that is necessary?
> * being a debian newbie, where can I find information regarding
> issues like this one, so that the next time, I won't have to bother
> all of you?
Looking at http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages, the current nis version in
woody is 3.8-3, which should work with your netbase (it depends on netbase ;).
Probably it's just the PPC autobuilder lagging as usual. You can build nis
yourself with
apt-get -b source nis
and then install the resulting .deb(s) with dpkg. Or just wait for a newer
version of nis to appear.
Michel
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast
Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and the DRI project
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