Re: boot-floppies broken?
These are something you should just download using ftp and then write to a
floppy.
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Sincerely,
David Smead
http://www.amplepower.com.
On 30 Apr 2002, Nic Ferrier wrote:
> I have a mostly stable/testing system.
>
> I wanted to install the boot-floppies package but it doesn't seem to
> work.
>
> When I use the testing version I get this:
>
> # apt-get -t testing install boot-floppies
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
>
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> that package should be filed.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> boot-floppies: Depends: cslatex but it is not going to be installed
> Depends: cspsfonts but it is not going to be installed
> E: Sorry, broken packages
>
>
> When I use stable I get this:
>
> # apt-get -t stable install boot-floppies
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
>
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> that package should be filed.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> boot-floppies: Depends: glibc-pic
> Depends: slang1-pic but it is not going to be installed
> Depends: libnewt-dev
> Depends: gettext but it is not going to be installed
> Depends: pointerize but it is not going to be installed
> E: Sorry, broken packages
>
>
> My question is: is this a bug? Should I report it?
>
> I can't find any live bug that refers to the boot-floppies.
>
>
> Sorry if this is a dumb question.
>
>
> Nic Ferrier
>
>
>
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