Re: Bug#30973: general: Many gnome apps depend on libglib-1.1.so.3 which is obsolete

[Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>]

On Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 01:30:12PM -0500, Buddha Buck wrote:
> OK, Ihave the following gtk, glib and gnome library packages installed 
> on my machine:
> 
> Pacakge                Version
> ================================
> libglib1.1             1.1.4-1  (this version is still in potato)

this is the package that is causing the problem.

> I'm getting the error:
> 
> panel: error in loading shared libraries
> libglib-1.1.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or 
> directory
> 
> when trying to run panel.
>
> I did downgrade to libglib1.1-1.1.3-2, but when I installed all the 
> gnome stuff again, it upgraded.

/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/libs/libglib1.1_1.1.3-2.deb is the
right version to install....but remember to put libglib1.1 on Hold in
dselect afterwards (otherwise an upgrade will replace it with a newer
version).

this is not a "perfect" solution, but it'll work until jim has time to
package and release gnome 0.99 or 1.0.


if you prefer to do it from the command line, save the following script
as /usr/local/sbin/dpkg-hold and then run (as root):

	dpkg-hold libglib1.1

---cut here---
#! /bin/bash

# dpkg-hold  --  command line tool to flag package(s) as held.
#
# by Craig Sanders, 1998-10-26.  This script is hereby placed into the 
# public domain.
#
# BUGS: this script has absolutely no error checking.  this is not good.

if [ -z "$@" ] ; then
	echo "Usage:"
	echo "      dpkg-hold <package...>"
	exit 1
fi

for i in $@ ; do
	echo "$i	hold"
done | dpkg --set-selections
---cut here---

--
craig sanders