Re: xlibs breaking dependencies
On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 13:17, Andreas Wüst wrote:
>
> >>>> Sorry, I didn't get this one! I thought, deps would be handled
> >>>> automatically?? If I tell it, for instance, to apt-get -u -t
> >>>> unstable
> >>>> install openoffice.org, apt-get tells me that libc6 etc. (of which I
> >>>> obviously have already an older, i.e. woody, version installed) will
> >>>> be
> >>>> upgraded. So, why does it not do that when trying to install
> >>>> gnome-session?
> >>>
> >>> Hmm. Did you maybe pin xlibs to the older version before with
> >>> something
> >>> like xlibs=4.1.0-16 or xlibs/stable?
> >>
> >> No. There is no /etc/apt/preferences at all.
> >
> > Here neither, pinning with <package>=<version> or <package>/<release>
> > is independent from that.
>
> Huh? But, how do I do that
apt-get install xlibs=4.1.0-16
or
apt-get install xlibs/unstable
(same with aptitude)
> and were does this get saved?
No idea, I wonder myself. :)
> > Another possibility is that other packages somehow prevent apt from
> > upgrading xlibs automatically. If you add it to the install line, does
> > it cause other packages to be upgraded additionally as well?
>
> Add to which install line? The one with gnome-session?
Yes. I asked about this earlier in this thread, and you said it
worked...
> Since install gnome-session doesn't work out and simply quits with
> "E: Sorry, broken packages", it won't give me any packages which are
> to be upgraded.
It does that by default, the idea is to track down the problem by adding
packages it complains about to the install line.
The thing is, I can still only speculate about what you're trying to do
and what happens...
> > Yet another possibility is simply an apt bug I guess. :) Have you tried
> > apt from sid yet?
>
> No, because it's not how I'd like my systems to work. I want to have
> the system tools from stable whilst not so crucial software from sid
> (like xfree86, gnome, etc.). Otherwise, I could do a dist-upgrade and
> not mind running a mixed system.
True, still apt in sid is much better in general...
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