On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 12:17:47PM -0600, Remy Indebetouw wrote: > Thanks for the reply; The thing I don't understand is if all the other > upgrades are tied to upgrading libc6, how I got libc6 on > there in the first place without upgrading the rest (I've got maybe installed with dpkg? > libc6-2.2.5-3 according to dselect). Given that everything seems to be > happy with libc6-2.2.5-3, can I just force it to install libc6-dev and > leave libc6 and associated dependencies alone? Perhaps my understanding of > dependencies is faulty? libc6-dev only depends on libc6-2.2.5-3. Since you already have libc6-2.2.5-3 installed, you should be able to download libc6-dev_2.2.5-3_i386.deb and install it with: dpkg -i libc6-dev_2.2.5-3_i386.deb > > Attempting to get the newer apt has the same problem of > libc6 showing up as needing to be installed/upgraded, and then all the > other packages as well. > > Thanks, > -remy > > On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > > Also, if you get only one thing from woody, let it be apt. You should > > set yourself up with a nice /etc/apt/preferences to make running a > > hybrid (potato/woody) system MUCH easier to maintain. > > > > > Why do all these other packages depend on libc6-dev? (as opposed to > > > libc6) > > > > Not the case; see below. > > > > > >apt-get install libc6-dev > > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > > The following extra packages will be installed: > > > debconf debconf-utils debhelper dialog dpkg-dev esound esound-common > > > freeciv > > > gnome-games-locale html2text imlib-base libart2 libbonobo2 libbz2-1.0 > > > libc6 > > ^^^^^ > > there's the rub. > > > > dpkg -s libc6-dev | grep "Version\|Depends" > > Version: 2.2.5-3 > > Depends: libc6 (= 2.2.5-3) > > > > The -dev depends on the libc6 package, which in turn wants to upgrade > > *everything* else. > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Jerome
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