Re: tweedlegnum and tweedlekdee in sid?
On (27/05/04 08:12), richard lyons wrote:
> I (foolishly, with the benefit of hindsight {a useful new acronym
> WTBOH??} ) dist-upgraded to sid on one box yesterday. To my horror,
> I lost gnumeric (which I love, and have work in progress in). I
> tried to install it (via aptitude) - but found that doing so meant
> losing all of the kde applications. As it happens I use two or three
> of them (including kile, which I have just discovered and love), so
> that is not acceptable. The problem seems to be that kde and gnome
> use different versions of libcupsys2. So I can have either one, but
> not both.
Hi Richard
I encountered similar brokeness in various cups packages when doing an
aptitude upgrade last night. I decided to hold anything cups related
for the time being - not much help to you I know. I use KDE rather than
Gnome but I do have a few gtk apps installed - so I guess you're right
re: libcupsys2.
>
> Is this a long-term issue? I have noticed postings about gnome being
> broken quite often recently, and a recent posting ("dselect - forget
> a bad selection?") that may refer to the same problem. Should I wait
> a few days, or adjust my habits to use only applications from one
> side of the Tweedledum and Tweedledee battle between gnome and kde? I
> currently use icewm, which is why I am relaxed about the outcome of
> the battle.
>
> BTW, I have also lost cups completely as a result of this, so I need
> to find another way to set up network printing!
Is it worth uninstalling cups and reinstalling (possibly from testing)?
Regards
Clive
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