Re: kdebase-runtime upgrade problems

[Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>]

Modestas Vainius wrote, on 2009-08-05 23:40:
> Hello,
>
> On trečiadienis 05 Rugpjūtis 2009 16:49:57 Michele Alberti wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > This morning I'm updating my system and this is what aptitude said:
> >
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-runtime_4%3a4.3.0-1_i386.deb
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> > A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
> > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
> > kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4: kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 depends on
> > kdebase-runtime (>= 4:4.3.0); however: Version of kdebase-runtime on system
> > is 4:4.2.4-2.
> > dpkg: error processing kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 (--configure):
> >  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4
> >
> > How can I deal with it? Do you have any ideas?
> > Regards,
>
> Wait 2-3 hours and upgrade again. Btw, why do you repeat yourself?

Thanks for the quick turnaround, but it leaves me with an interesting 
situation.

I run most packages from unstable, but have kept KDE at 3.5.9/3.5.10 as 
my reason for running KDE in the first place was Quanta, which is still 
at 4:3.5.9-3, and does not "see" cervisia versions later than 4:3.5.9-3 
and needs kdebase-kio-plugins 4:3.5.X also.

I have been able to run KDE 3.5.9/3.5.10 with some KDE 4.X packages 
(e.g. okular) where X <= 2.4.

With KDE 4.3.Y hitting unstable, I have had to hold packages like okular 
at version 4.2.4 to avoid upgrading to KDE 4.X as the base environment.

Is it possible to migrate to KDE 4.3.Z and leave enough KDE 3.5.whatever 
compatibility to run programs such as Quanta and Rosegarden which are a 
long way from being ported to KDE 4.x with full functionality?

Regards,

Arthur.