Re: Loop in today's sid
Cameron Matheson, 2002-Sep-17 23:43 -0600:
> Hey,
>
> doing an 'apt-get dist-upgrade' solved the problem for me.
>
> Cam
>
>
> Paul Johnson wrote:
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> >Did a dist-upgrade today and got this...
> >
> >Preconfiguring packages ...
> >Selecting previously deselected package coreutils.
> >dpkg: regarding .../coreutils_4.5.1-1_i386.deb containing coreutils:
> > fileutils conflicts with stat
> > coreutils provides stat and is to be installed.
> >dpkg: error processing
> >/var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_4.5.1-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
> > conflicting packages - not installing coreutils
> >Errors were encountered while processing:
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_4.5.1-1_i386.deb
> >E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the
> >essential package fileutils due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This
> >is often bad, but if you really want to do it, activate the
> >APT::Force-LoopBreak option.
> >E: Reverse conflicts early remove for package 'coreutils' failed
> >E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I got this too, but the dist-upgrade didn't fix it. Any ideas? I'm
afraid to try the Force-LoopBreak option.
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
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