Re: The future of the amd64 port
cbergmann@acm.org writes:
> Well, I removed the old entries. The problem is clearly introduced by the new
> entries.
>
> Interestingly, although the packages provided by Sarge and Etch should
> theoretically be the same, they behave differently. I tried this with diff,
> which is one of the about 20 packages affected on my system:
>
> 1.
> XXXXXXXX~# aptitude -t stable -syvDV install diff
> ...
> The following packages have been kept back:
> ...
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> diff [2.8.1-11 -> 2.8.1-11]
> 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 22 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/190kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> Inst diff [2.8.1-11] (2.8.1-11 Debian AMD64 archive:3.1r0/stable)
> Conf diff (2.8.1-11 Debian AMD64 archive:3.1r0/stable)
Stable is one of the "old entries".
> 2.
> XXXXXXXX~# aptitude -t testing -syvDV install diff
> ...
> The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
> tzdata [2006c-2] (D: libc6)
> The following packages will be automatically REMOVED:
> base-config [2.53.10-0.0.0.1.pure64] (C: locales)
> The following packages have been kept back:
> ...
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> tzdata [2006c-2]
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> base-config [2.53.10-0.0.0.1.pure64]
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> diff [2.8.1-11 -> 2.8.1-11] libc6 [2.3.2.ds1-22 -> 2.3.6-7]
> libc6-dev [2.3.2.ds1-22 -> 2.3.6-7] locales [2.3.2.ds1-22 -> 2.3.6-7]
> 4 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 448 not upgraded.
> Need to get 10.6MB of archives. After unpacking 8086kB will be freed.
> Remv base-config (2.53.10-0.0.0.1.pure64 Debian AMD64 archive:3.1r0/stable)
> Inst tzdata (2006c-2 Debian:testing)
> Inst libc6-dev [2.3.2.ds1-22] (2.3.6-7 Debian:testing) []
> Inst locales [2.3.2.ds1-22] (2.3.6-7 Debian:testing) []
> Inst libc6 [2.3.2.ds1-22] (2.3.6-7 Debian:testing)
> Conf tzdata (2006c-2 Debian:testing)
> Conf libc6 (2.3.6-7 Debian:testing)
> Inst diff [2.8.1-11] (2.8.1-11 Debian:testing)
> Conf diff (2.8.1-11 Debian:testing)
> Conf libc6-dev (2.3.6-7 Debian:testing)
> Conf locales (2.3.6-7 Debian:testing)
>
> So, we have the same package with different dependencies when installed via
> Sarge and Etch?
All packages were recompiled for debian, that includes versions that
are the same in sarge. The reinstallation of packages with the same
version is a side effect we have to live with.
> Regards, Clemens
MfG
Goswin
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