On 10/31/06, Ryan Finnie <ryan@finnie.org> wrote:
> The etch libc6 Conflicts: initrd-tools (<< 0.1.84.1), however the etch
> initrd-tools *IS* 0.1.84.1. So yeah, there is a problem (supposedly
> fixed in sid) with conflict resolution. As it turns out, you can
> continue to use 2.6.8 on an etch machine, as long as you keep hotplug
> and don't install udev.
Excuse me, it seems this only happens when you do "aptitude -f install
aptitude" (as the release notes suggest) (actually, it'll happen when
you install anything that depends on libc6). "aptitude -f
dist-upgrade" alone, using sarge's aptitude, tries to remove all
kernels.