Hi, I see mercurial-common: Version table: 1.0.1-2~bpo40+1 0 1 http://www.backports.org etch-backports/main Packages mercurial: Version table: 1.0.1-1~bpo40+1 0 1 http://www.backports.org etch-backports/main Packages This makes the backports mercurial uninstallable. Faheem.