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Re: [users] packaging hell



On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 05:34:11PM -0400, MaD dUCK wrote:
> 
> run 'apt-get -f install'
> 
> then try again. if that doesn't work, repeat, but don't retry.
> anything related to libc etc al. is sketchy to update. if libstdc++
> won't install, you can always force it to...

    Yeah, I tried that already. 

    I'm wondering if the last package is, perhaps, not in stable for some
reason?

    BTW, is anyone planning to expand the errors in apt-get to explain _why_
something isn't going to be installed?

    Mike

-- 
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@storm.ca> 
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a
good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be
dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead." -- RFC 1925

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