Re: slink install and libc6

[Dimitri Patakidis <us_2@pacbel.net>]

This may not work for you so try at your own risk :)
I used dselect, told it to update from the "frozen" directory and it
basically went and got all of slink and installed it on my drive.
I rebooted and sure enough the machine still run! 

I haven't tried apt-get yet :)

Dimitri 



At 04:23 PM 02/09/1999 EST, MallarJ@aol.com wrote:
>Hey guys, I really need some help solving this..  Should I back out
>libc6.2.0.7.19981211-2 and reinstall libc6.2.0.7t-1?  Or is there a way to
use
>the new version of libc6 but get rid of the errors?  I have several packages
>on hold pending resolution of this.
>
>> > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration
>>  >  of libc6-dev: libc6-dev depends on libc6 (=2.0.7t-1)
>>  >  ; however: Version of libc6 on system is
>>  >  2.0.7.19981211-2.
>>  >  
>>  >  dpkg: error processing libc6-dev (--install):
>>  >  dependency problems -leaving unconfigured.
>>  >  
>>  
>>  I'm having this same fit.  What's the proper way to correct it? 
>
>From: MallarJ@aol.com
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>Subject: slink install and libc6
>Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 15:41:06 EST
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>In a message dated 2/8/99 2:36:16 PM Central Standard Time,
>petersr@uniserve.com writes:
>
>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration
>>  of libc6-dev: libc6-dev depends on libc6 (=2.0.7t-1)
>>  ; however: Version of libc6 on system is
>>  2.0.7.19981211-2.
>>  
>>  dpkg: error processing libc6-dev (--install):
>>  dependency problems -leaving unconfigured.
>>  
>
>I'm having this same fit.  What's the proper way to correct it? 
>