Re: e2fsprogs,e2fsprogsg,e2fslibsg upgrade problem!
On 21 May 1998, John Goerzen wrote:
> Take a look at this, after doing an update and then several [I]nstalls
> in dselect:
>
> dpkg: considering removing e2fslibsg in favour of e2fsprogs ...
> dpkg: yes, will remove e2fslibsg in favour of e2fsprogs.
> dpkg: regarding .../base/e2fsprogs_1.10-17.deb containing e2fsprogs:
> e2fsprogsg conflicts with e2fsprogs
> e2fsprogs (version 1.10-17) is to be installed.
> dpkg: error processing debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/base/e2fsprogs_1.10-17.deb (--install):
> conflicting packages - not installing e2fsprogs
>
> Now then, if I try the [R]emove option first:
>
> dpkg: error processing e2fsprogsg (--remove):
> This is an essential package - it should not be removed.
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of e2fslibsg:
> e2fsprogsg depends on e2fslibsg.
> dpkg: error processing e2fslibsg (--remove):
> dependency problems - not removing
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> e2fsprogsg
> e2fslibsg
>
> What is the solution to this???
Either use apt (which knows about this and can handle it :), or use
dpkg --purge --force-remove-essential e2fsprogsg
--
Scott K. Ellis <storm@gate.net> http://www.gate.net/~storm/
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