Re: can't install xfdesktop from unstable

[JoeHill <joehill@teksavvy.com>]

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: 

> In <[🔎] 20090428142648.76754986@teksavvy.com>, JoeHill wrote:
> >Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:  
> >> In <[🔎] 20090428131409.036db53e@teksavvy.com>, JoeHill wrote:  
> >> >node1:/home/joehill# aptitude -t unstable install xfdesktop4
> >> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> >> >  xfdesktop4: Depends: xfdesktop4-data (= 4.6.0-2) but it is not
> >> > installable The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
> >> >
> >> >Keep the following packages at their current version:
> >> >xfdesktop4 [Not Installed]
> >> >
> >> >I think what is likely happening is that a new enough xfdesktop simply
> >> > has not been uploaded to unstable, but I am not sure how to check that
> >> > :-\  
> >>
> >> apt-cache policy <package_name>
> >> is what I use to check available versions.  
> >
> >node1:/home/joehill# apt-cache policy xfdesktop4
> >xfdesktop4:
> >  Installed: (none)
> >  Candidate: 4.4.2-7
> >  Version table:
> >     4.6.0-2 0
> >        800 http://debian.yorku.ca unstable/main Packages
> >        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> >     4.4.2-7 0
> >        900 http://debian.yorku.ca testing/main Packages  
> 
> Did you run an 'apt-get update' or 'aptitude update'?  That's required to 
> get new versions to show up as available.

I don't always remember, but I did this time.

> >> I'm seeing xfdesktop4-data=4.6.1-1 in unstable and
> >> xfdesktop4-data=4.4.2-7 in testing.  I'm also now showing
> >> xfdesktop4=4.6.1-1 in unstable and it might be installable--it versioned
> >> Depend on xfdesktop4-data is certainly satisfiable.
> >>
> >> Try again?  
> >
> >It's still doing the same thing. But what I'm not clear on is, it almost
> > looks like it is saying that it wants an _older_ version of
> > xfdesktop4-data...but then, I'm pretty new at this ;)  
> 
> It wants a version that exactly matches its version.  Unfortunately, that 
> version is not available.  xfdesktop4=4.6.0-2 isn't available in the main 
> archive anymore either.

Okay, so I'm probably just stuck in between, as they're pushing out the new
4.6.1. I'll be patient :-)

Many thanks.

-- 
J