Re: Problems after mixing Sarge and Etch

["potassium.xyanide@googlemail.com" <potassium.xyanide@googlemail.com>]

> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libapache-mod-php4: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) but
> 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge6 is installed.
>                      Depends: libdb4.4 which is a virtual package.
>                      Depends: libkrb53 (>= 1.4.2) but 1.3.6-2sarge4
> is installed and it is kept back.
>                      Depends: libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8c-1) which is a
> virtual package.
>                      Depends: apache-common (>= 1.3.34) but
> 1.3.33-6sarge3 is installed.
>
> That got me wondering...
>
> How can I salvage my system?
> Will replacing stable with sarge in the sources.list and do a
> "aptitude update" and "aptitude upgrade" (or "aptitude dist-upgrade")
> solve my problems?
> Or should I upgrade the entire system to Etch?

Hi Nick!

For me it seems that PHP4 is a bit outdated to use with Etch.
The dist-upgrade u did intended to install all the new packages marked
as stable.
I guess somehow there where dependencies within PHP4 and Apache
which prevented you to update. Infact it is libc6 imho.
One thing you can try is to remove every single unmatched dependency
with "apt-get remove <package>". But i have to remind you that libc6
is
involved into your problems and got strong dependencies deep into the
system's core.
So the best thing would be not to try to revert
to sarge, but upgrade to Etch.
try "apt-get -f dist-upgrade" else you need to remove the old Sarge
packages.

good luck!
xyan