Bug#110231: Still unresolved in my opinion

[Scott Johnson <scomps@twcny.rr.com>]

I didn't whine about it.  I replied almost immediately to Matthias with the 
responses from two different sets of apt-get.  In fact, I am *still* not 
whining.  I got an email saying the issue had been closed.  Now correct me 
if I'm wrong, g++ isn't going to install on my system in it's current 
state.  This may be a conflict between packages and be entirely my 
fault.  It may also be an issue of version incompatibilities that I *can* 
solve with a point in the right direction.  As I don't have the ability to 
examine what those problems are I've gone to the package mantainiers.  So 
far I've received one response with a possible solution which I've tried 
(and replied with the output of apt-get), a closure message which I replied 
to (and got accused of whining by you).

Now, if you'd like me to drop this whole thread, and just give up trying to 
install g++ that's fine.  Just email me and tell me "I'm not interested in 
helping you" you can even throw in some other insults if you like.  I'm not 
asking for miracles from a free product.  If you or Matthias are interested 
in maybe determining what's going on with the package -- or just how 
screwed up my system is (I don't doubt that at all); I'd be more than happy 
to do anything I can to provide you with the information you require.

As far as the HTML I replied to the original message which I assumed (yes 
poor choice) would have replied in the same manner it was received.  I was 
incorrect and apologize profusely.


Scott Johnson


At 08:35 AM 08/27/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 06:52:12AM -0400, Scott Johnson wrote:
> > As far as I see it, the issue isn't closed at all, however if Matthias
> > believes this issue to be closed, I can only assume that this package
> > cannot be installed properly on debian in any way with my configuration.
>
> Try (a) canning the HTML on messages to the BTS and (b) wrapping your
> messages at a reasonable length.
>
> Matthias explained how to install g++. (In general, use apt to install
> the specific package instead of a virtual package.) If that doesn't
> work, then tell us, and show us how it doesn't work. But don't just whine
> about it; that helps no one.
>
> --
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