On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 16:15:43 +0200 Kevin Boergens <kevin@boergens.de> wrote: > > Hi! > > In the last days I had a huge problem with the package system, and I'm > not sure whether the packages are messed up or whether it is my fault. > > All kde packages refuse to install. They need the libcupsys2 package, > but according to apt-get, this has no installation candidate and is > replaced by libcupsys2-gnutls10 and libcupsimage2. I'm using instable > from the main Dutch ftp Mirror. > > I think that this propably isn't a problem for the user list, but where > to get help? You want to be able to run down issues like this if you're going to run unstable, IMHO. I did an "apt-cache showpkg libcupsys2" to find out 1) that it is indeed present in stable and testing, but not in sid; 2) that the KDE package that depends on it is kdelibs4, which just about every KDE 3.x program depends on. So then I checked the package page for kdelibs4 in unstable (through packages.debian.org), and saw that indeed, it's listed as depending on libcupsys2, which has no installation candidate. That sounds like a major bug, so I clicked on "Check bug reports," and sure enough, it's been filed as a "serious policy violation" bug against kdelibs4 -- seven times (by people who didn't bother to check the BTS). A quick google search also turned up this: http://lists.debian.org/debian-qt-kde/2004/05/msg00294.html -c -- Chris Metzler cmetzler@speakeasy.snip-me.net (remove "snip-me." to email) "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear
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