Re: stable->unstable = dependency problems with libc6 and kernel

[Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 04:49:50PM -0600, Bob Tanner wrote:
> Quoting Ben Collins (bcollins@debian.org):
> > > # apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.21
> > > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> > > libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.3.2.ds1-11) but 2.2.5-11.5 is to be installed
> > > libdb1-compat: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5-13) but 2.2.5-11.5 is to be installed
> > 
> > apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.21 libc6
> 
> Tried that too:
> 
> # apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.21 libc6

All I can say is, that kernel-image-2.4.21 should be installed first.

Try this:

apt-get remove libc6-dev libdb1-compat
(note all packages removed)
apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.21
(reboot)
apt-get install <all packages removed in step 1>
apt-get dist-upgrade

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