Re: Preventing apt-get from removing pkgs while installing others
OK, making progress here...
The problem seems to be that gcc-3.2 depends on binutils, but that older
versions of binutils conflict with one of the dependencies of initrd-tools
and kernel-image-2.4.19-686.
I have a newer version of binutils installed which does not conflict with
modutils. So to keep that version I put a hold on binutils. Yet apt now
tries to 'change' binutils (downgrade it, I guess), and so also wants to
remove the conflicting packages and those that depend on the conflicting
package.
Maybe pinning will help. I'll investigate that now.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "David De Graff" <debian@platformglobal.com>
To: "Travis Crump" <pretzalz@techhouse.org>; <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: Preventing apt-get from removing pkgs while installing others
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Travis Crump" <pretzalz@techhouse.org>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 11:54 AM
> Subject: Re: Preventing apt-get from removing pkgs while installing others
>
>
> > David De Graff wrote:
> > >>
> > >>What does "apt-get install -t unstable initrd-tools gcc-3.2" give you?
>
>
> > > > > It then says that initrd-tools is the newest version (but does not
> try to
> > > remove it), and then tries to remove the kernel image while installing
> the
> > > gcc-3.2 and related packages:
> > >
> >
> >
> > Well, then "apt-get install -t unstable initrd-tools gcc-3.2
> > kernel-image-2.4.19-686" should fix your problem. I think that the fact
> > that you are installing gcc-3.2 is a red herring. Have you tried
> > installing anything else recently without having this problem?
>
> I just installed kernel-source-2.4.19 and started an install of links, and
> neither time did apt try to remove initrd-tools or
kernel-image-2.4.19-686.
> See install session text at bottom of this message.
>
> >Check to
> > see what dpkg thinks the states of initrd-tools and
> > kernel-image-2.4.19-686 should be with "dpkg --get-selections | sed
> > --silent -e '/kernel-image/p' -e '/initrd-tool/p'". I have a feeling
> > they are set to something other than 'install'...
>
> They are set to install, which makes the removal attempts odd.
>
> root:/# dpkg --get-selections | sed --silent -e '/kernel-image/p' -e
> '/initrd-tool/p'
> initrd-tools install
> kernel-image-2.4.19-686 install
>
> BTW, finding this info is even easier with feta, 'front-end to apt':
>
> root:/# feta list initrd-tools kernel-image-2.4.19-686
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name Version Description
> +++-========================-========================-
> ii initrd-tools 0.1.28 Tools to generate an
> initrd image.
> ii kernel-image-2.4.19-686 2.4.19-1 Linux kernel image
> 2.4.19 on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV.
> root:/#
>
> I recommend checking feta out at:
>
> http://www.sacredchao.net/software/feta/
>
> Install session info for other packages:
>
> root@coral:/# feta install links
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> libgpmg1 liblua40 liblualib40
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> libgpmg1 liblua40 liblualib40 links
> 0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
> Need to get 484kB of archives. After unpacking 1236kB will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
> Abort.
> W: An error occurred trying to use the 'install' command.
> W: If you run Feta with -V, more information about the error may be
printed.
> root:/#
>
> root:/# apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.19
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> kernel-source-2.4.19
> 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
> Need to get 25.7MB of archives. After unpacking 25.8MB will be used.
> Get:1 http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/main kernel-source-2.4.19
> 2.4.19-1 [25.7MB]
> Fetched 25.7MB in 35s (718kB/s)
> Selecting previously deselected package kernel-source-2.4.19.
> (Reading database ... 13678 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking kernel-source-2.4.19 (from
> .../kernel-source-2.4.19_2.4.19-1_all.deb) ...
> Setting up kernel-source-2.4.19 (2.4.19-1) ...
> root:/#
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact
listmaster@lists.debian.org
>
>
Reply to: