Re: php4 package broken
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 12:28:23PM +0100, Jean-Christophe Michel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use a testing on Pismo G3. After I made a dist-upgrade to update all
> packages on hold, aptitude asked to remove php4 package because an unmet
> dependancy with libc6 (it seems to me...)
> I need php4. How can I
> 1. downgrade to have previous version back
> 2. get php4 from unstable without upgrading all ?
>
> (I tried to add a line with unstable in sources.list and
> put in preferences
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=testing
> Pin-Priority: 800
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=stable
> Pin-Priority: 100
>
> Package: php4*
> Pin: release a=unstable
> Pin-Priority: 1100
>
> but apt-get update hangs on
> E: Dynamic MMpa ran out of room
> E: Error occured while processing xxdiff (NewVersion1)
> E: Problem with MergeList
> /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.u-strasbg.fr_debian_dists_unstables_main_binary-powerpc_Packages
For the apt problem,
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2003/debian-boot-200302/msg00367.html";>Re: dynamic MMap ran out of room.. no apt.conf file?</a>
I think I read php4 was temporarily broken in testing, related to
the new libc6.
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under the bridge, and then they marched over it."
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