broken packages?
Hi,
I have a package called morg-mailcommands that depends on Postfix.
Trying to install it with aptitude gives
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> E: Unable to correct dependencies, some packages cannot be installed
> E: Unable to resolve some dependencies!
> Some packages had unmet dependencies. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> morg-mailcommands: Depends: postfix but it is not installable
Removing all exim4 packages fixes the problem, however I would like to
ask:
* aptitudes says I have held broken packages. `dpkg --get-selections`
says I have no held packages at all. Is this a (small) bug in
aptitude?
* Why is my package considered "broken"? All dependencies are correct.
Should it explicitly conflict with exim4? (I think this is pointless
since postfix already does.)
* How can I make aptitude to remove exim4 when installing
morg-mailcommands?
Even the -f flag to aptitude doesn't help.
Thanks,
--
Szabolcs
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