Re: A problem about packages dependencies

["Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca>]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 10:41:15AM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> 
> When I try to install the package msynctool_0.22-2_i386.deb with `dpkg -i
> msynctool_0.22-2_i386.deb', 

Where did you get the actual deb file?

Debian Etch complains that the version of libc6 is
> too low for that package.  But, when I installed that package (in another
> partition of my PC) with `apt-get install msynctool' and the following lines
> in /etc/apt/sources.list:
> 
>  deb http://opensync.gforge.punktart.de/repo/opensync-0.21/ etch main
>  deb-src http://opensync.gforge.punktart.de/repo/opensync-0.21/ etch main
> 
> , no complain was made although libc6 was the same old version.  Now, my
> question is:
> 

What version did it install?

>  1) why did Debian complain that time and not that other time?
> 

Different version?

>  2) how can I install that package with no complain, via `dpkg -i' or any
>     other way that allows me not to edit sources.list?
> 

Grab Etch's version of the deb.

Doug.