Re: Updating woes (debian sid)
--- Jochen Schulz <ml@well-adjusted.de> wrote:
> Ibrahim Mubarak:
> >
> > For a few days now, I have been trying to update five packages
> > (file-roller nautilus nautilus-cd-burner totem totem-xine) but
> aptitude
> > / synaptic / apt-get all say that upgrading these packages will
> cause
> > some problems.
>
> That's a normal situation. Sid is dangerous. It will be solved when
> Gnome 2.10 with all its dependencies is completely uploaded to
> unstable.
> The best thing you can do is sit and wait. If you aren't careful,
> apt(itute) might deinstall half your packages tomorrow.
>
> > Anyone else getting this problem?
>
> Yes. If you have no idea why sid is broken these days, you should
> consider switching to sarge or etch (which is no big difference
> today).
>
> J.
Thanks a lot for the explanation. I just wasn't aware of the release of
Gnome 2.10. I am more of a KDE user, but have Gnome on my system to be
able to use some of its packages.
ib
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