On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 04:30:12PM +0100, Shams Fantar wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 09:44:17PM +0100, Shams Fantar wrote: >> >>> Hi ! >>> >>> I try to pass a machine from etch to sid, so, I've changed the >>> sources.list file, all updates were been done. >>> >>> But now, I've some problems. >>> >> >> [snip locales problems] >> >> Welcome to sid, these are just typical troubles which you can expect >> anytime. I'm not sure what the "correct" solution would have been in this >> case, but I just installed locales from experimental (which also pulled >> libc from experimental), but I don't mind living on the edge ;) >> >> > > Is it a bug for the 'locales' package ? Because I wonder if install a > package from experimental is a solution. What do you think about ? But I > tried : > > # dpkg -i locales_2.7-0exp8_all.deb > (Reading database ... 56391 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace locales 2.7-0exp8 (using locales_2.7-0exp8_all.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement locales ... > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of locales: > locales depends on glibc-2.7-1; however: > Package glibc-2.7-1 is not installed. > dpkg: error processing locales (--install): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > locales > > Of course, the glibc-2.7.1 is required, it's a virtual package, what to do ? You shouldn't install packages with dpkg directly. Instead add a source for experimental in your sources.list and use aptitude -t experimental install locales That is, if you want to try my solution. There is always more than one way ... Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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