on Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 02:41:24PM -0500, Michelle Murrain (mpm@murrain.net) wrote:
> The result of a dumb mistake:
>
> I wanted to upgrade a particular package from woody, and in the middle, it
> stopped because it didn't have a newer copy of libc6. I decided at that point
> that I would forgo the upgrade. However, somehow, part of it got installed
> somehow, and now I can't install anything using apt. I need to figure out how
> to get out of this hole.
>
> Problem: I now have base-passwd installed at a version that requires libc6
> 2.1.94, although I only have 2.1.3-13 installed. Whenever I try to apt-get
> anything, I get:
>
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> base-passwd: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.94) but 2.1.3-13 is to be installed
> mailman: Depends: logrotate but it is not going to be installed
>
> How do I downgrade my base-passwd, and clear out this mailman/logrotate issue
> (I ended up installing a newer version of mailman from tarball, and didn't
> install logrotate at all)
Logrotate is a useful utility. I'd recommend it strongly.
> DON'T tell me to apt-get -f install, because I get a nasty, nasty message
> suggesting that I'll lose big chunks of my system install, including bash!
First: post the *exact text* of the error message. It's more useful to
us, and it makes searching for similar problmes ***MUCH*** easier.
This is a periodic problem, and while I've encountered it in the past, I
can't say exactly how I've resolved it. I'd like to trace your problem
here and see if we can't come up with a fix-it howto for the issue.
As a first step, try running:
$ dpkg --get-selections > package-list.out
...to list your package selections. Save this to a file. Check to see
what the listed status of the packages listed by apt-get for removal is.
We'll return to this later.
Sounds like you may have corrupted your status file. Look under
/var/lib/dpkg for two files names 'status' and 'status-old'. First,
copy both someplace safe. Try substituting 'status-old' for 'status',
and see what apt wants to replace.
You might also try grabbing the debs for base-passwd, mailman, libc6,
and logrotate, and installing these via dpkg rather than apt:
$ dpkg -i <package-list>
If neither of the above two suggestions work, try taking the
--get-selections list generated above and marking 'install' the packages
you *don't* want removed, then send this to the dpkg system with:
$ cp package-list.out package-list.in
$ $EDITOR package-list.in
$ dpkg --set-selections < package-list.in
Good luck & cheers.
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