Re: Bug in testing abiword package?
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 01:22:35PM -0500, Travis Crump wrote:
> v.demart@libero.it wrote:
> >Under testing and gnome 2.2 I'm trying to install abiword issuing the
> >command
> >"apt-get install abiword". The installation fails immediatedly because
> >(unfortunately I'm translating from Italian into English!) "Abiword
> >depends on
> >libperl5.6 (>= 5.6.1-8.3) while you're using version 5.6.1-8.2". After an
> >"apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" I still have a libperl5.6 5.6.1-8.2
> >perfectly installed.
> >Have I found a bug or there's something I can't catch?
>
> There isn't a testing abiword package right now; libperl5.6 isn't in
> testing as well[perl is at 5.8]. Perhaps you are using stable?
Sounds like he's got both stable and testing in sources.list. This is a
good example of how that results in confusion and tends to be a bad idea
unless you're very familiar with both distributions.
(That's not to say that there are no uninstallable packages in testing.)
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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