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Bug#673107: dependency error



On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 10:43 +0200, Damien Martins wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm the one who posted this problem on QNAP's forum. I got your debian 
> package and I thank you for this.
> When doing a 'dpkg -i 
> linux-image-2.6.32-5-orion5x_2.6.6~bug673107_armel.deb'
> I got the following error :
> linux-image-2.6.32-5-orion5x depends on linux-base (>= 
> 2.6.32-46~bug673107); however:
>    Version of linux-base on system is 2.6.32-45
> 
> As I'm not sure of side effects if I add --force-depends, I'd like a 
> feedback before breaking my system.

The real dependency on linux-base isn't as strong as that.  If that's
the only dependency not met, I think you should be OK to test this
package with --force-depends.  Make sure you have a copy of the old
package (linux-image-2.6.32-5-orion5x_2.6.32-45_armel.deb) so you can
easily downgrade again.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Teamwork is essential - it allows you to blame someone else.

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