Re: xlibs breaking dependencies
On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 22:50, Andreas Wüst wrote:
>
> I wanted to install some X11 related packages from sid, but they all
> have broken dependencies ["( ... ) but it is not going to be
> installed"]. So far, so good. When following those dependencies, it
> ultimately leads to xlibs, where it reads:
>
> xlibs (> 4.2.0) but 4.1.0-16 is to be installed
>
> Huh, I mean, what should that tell me?? If doing an apt-cache policy
> xlibs, there is a 4.2.1-9 install candidate, and when checking
> http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xfree86/ there is
> obviously a binary available too. Furthermore, apt-get -u -t unstable
> install xlibs doesn't mention any problems.
>
> What is the problem? I am seeing this behaviour an all of my boxen, so
> it does not seem to be triggered by strange package combinations et al.
Hard to tell without seeing exactly what you're doing and the full
output.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer
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