Re: Strange Behavior with teTeX Packages
palme@uni-wuppertal.de (Hubert Palme) wrote:
>>>>>> "f" == Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> writes:
>
> f> You must have installed tetex-doc (and probably -base and -extra) from
> f> stable/proposed-updates. But this upload has been rejected, and
> f> therefore the version is no longer available anywhere (at least I think
> f> so, if it's still in proposed-updates, you probably have removed that
> f> from your sources.list).
>
> f> Consequently apt thinks that you have previously installed
> f> tetex-{base,extra,doc} via "apt-get -t sarge-backports install ..." and
> f> wants to upgrade them.
>
> Ah, now I understand the mechanism behind it...
>
> Btw.: Why has this version been rejected? (I've seen it for quite a
> long time...)
Because it fixes a RC bug that didn't fit into the stable release
manager's description of what should go into a stable update. I
seriously consider bringing this up again with the new stable release
managers, but I don't have time at the moment.
Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX)
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