Re: Preventing apt-get from removing pkgs while installing others
Had that backwards - gcc-3.2 requires a newer version of binutils that the
one that's installed, and that version conflicts with the dependencies for
initrd-tools and the kernel image package.
So this particular mystery is solved, but I now I need to figure out whether
I can remove initrd-tools and kernel-image-2.4.19-686 to install gcc-3.2,
yet still have a bootable system.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David De Graff" <debian@platformglobal.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 1:11 PM
Subject: 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
> >
> >
> >
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