Re: apt-get dist-upgrade wants to remove non-installed packages
On 2004-04-06 18:02:35 -0500, dircha wrote:
> Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> >to stay with 4.2 (I don't know if there is a better solution).
> >But apt-get dist-upgrade -s says:
> >
> >[...]
> >Remv x-window-system-core (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing)
> >[...]
> >
> >whereas only 4.2.1-12.1 is currently installed. Is it a bug in
> >apt-get or what...?
>
> Perhaps the problem is arising because 4.2.1-12.1 no longer exists in
> any of the official repositories?
That would explain why it will be removed, but not why apt-get says
"4.3.0-7" (not installed) instead of "4.2.1-12.1" (the version that
would be removed).
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