Re: upgrading libc6

[David Coe <dcoe@overlord.com>]

have you tried doing both at the same time?  i.e.
 
  dpkg -i libc6_2.0.7u-6.deb sysvinit_2.76-2.deb

ctang@uiuc.edu wrote:
> 
> I want to upgrade libc6 from 2.0.7t to 2.0.7u to use apt and wine.
> But when I type: " dpkg -i libc6_2.0.7u-6.deb  ", it prompts
> 
>   libc6 conflicts with sysvinit (<< 2.75)
>    sysvinit (version 2.72-3) is installed.
>   dpkg: error processing libc6_2.0.7u-6.deb (--install):
>    conflicting packages - not installing libc6
> 
> So, I grab sysvinit_2.76-2.deb and try to install it, now I have
> another problem:
> 
>   sysvinit pre-depends on libc6 (>= 2.0.7u)
>     libc6 latest configured version is 2.0.7t-1.
>   dpkg: error processing sysvinit_2.76-2.deb (--install):
>    pre-dependency problem - not installing sysvinit
> 
> By now, I have no clue to solve this. Can anyone help me
> out?  Thanks a lot.
> 
> -cheng
> 
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