Bug#98618: Circular package dependencies
Package: base
I am trying to move from using 'stable' to using 'testing'. However, I
have a showstopper
in that libc6 is dependent in libdb2, which in turn is dependent on libc6.
The packages in unstable are the same versions as the ones in testing,
so the problem
does not seem to be fixed later.
# dpkg -i libc6_2.2.3-1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 42589 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.1.3-18 (using libc6_2.2.3-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
Replacing files in old package ldso ...
dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/var/lib/misc': Directory not
empty
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6:
libc6 depends on libdb2 (>= 2:2.7.7-4); however:
Package libdb2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libc6 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libc6
# dpkg -i libdb
libdb2_2%3a2.7.7-8_i386.deb libdbi-perl_1.15-1_i386.deb
libdb3_3.2.9-10_i386.deb
root@ratthing-b249:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i
libdb2_2%3a2.7.7-8_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 42651 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libdb2 2:2.7.7-8 (using
libdb2_2%3a2.7.7-8_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libdb2 ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libdb2:
libdb2 depends on libc6 (>= 2.2.3-1); however:
Package libc6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libdb2 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libdb2
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