On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 04:23:02AM +1100, Paul Hampson wrote: | On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 07:31:50AM -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: | > the problem seems to be related to the apache-common version. | > | > in looking at the dependencies for PHP4, apache-common is listed twice, once | > with apache-common (>= 1.3.22) and the other apache-common (<< 1.3.22.1) | > | > my current version (sid) is apache-common 1.3.23-1 | > | > is this one of those "wait a few days" things that crops up in sid now and | > then or should I downgrade apache / apache-common and avoid upgrading for a | > while? any help would be appreciated | | You may be waiting longer than usual. The PHP4 package has | just been orphaned. However, it's a pretty popular package, | I'm sure someone'll pick it up ASAP. | | If you want, you should be able to apt-get source and | rebuild it with dependancies on the current apache. | | -- | =========================================================== | Paul "TBBle" Hampson, MCSE | 4th year CompSci/Asian Studies student, ANU | The Boss, Bubblesworth Pty Ltd (ABN: 51 095 284 361) | Paul.Hampson@Anu.edu.au | | Of course Pacman didn't influence us as kids. If it did, | we'd be running around in darkened rooms, popping pills and | listening to repetitive music. | | This email is licensed to the recipient for non-commercial | use, duplication and distribution. | =========================================================== hello, i thought that was fixed at some point! here's what i did: find the deb for php4... somewhere in var/ where apt stores it's cache.... then, use dpkg to install php4 like so: dpkg -i --ignore-depends=apache-common php4.....deb on one of my boxen (theigloo), which is online, this isn't a problem with current woody sources. at home, my pc is offline... so, i have some woody cd's i burned at work back in november. every time i use apt-cdrom, i have to "apt-get -f install" to remove php4 and php4-mysql.... then install (via apt-cdrom) whatever it is i'm trying to install, then use dpkg to install php4 and php4-mysql again. my whole point of rambling is that the "--ignore-depends=apache-common" has never caused a problem for me. good luck, jason ------------------------------------------------------------- | registered linux user #202942 | http://counter.li.org/ | | Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Woody | 2.4.16-k6 | | jason@theigloo.dhs.org | http://theigloo.dhs.org | -------------------------------------------------------------
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