Re: debian sid & gnome
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On 06/11/08 22:47, Dietrich Bollmann wrote:
> Hi Ron.
>
> On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 22:16 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>> Since weeks I can't update debian sid as apt-get always wants to remove
>>> gnome:
>> I have to ask: do you "apt-get update"?
>
> Of course I did :)
I figured you did...
>> Try upgrading a handful of packages at a time. That will show you
>> where the problem is. "apt-show-packages -u | sort" is handy.
>
> I couldn't find 'apt-show-packages' - even google only lists six pages
> when searching for 'apt-show-packages':
> http://www.google.com/search?q=apt-show-packages
>
> Where can I find it?
Oops. It's apt-show-versions.
> Is there some way to list the package dependencies used when trying to
> upgrade debian? Having a dependency tree it should be easy to
> understand why apt-get always wants to uninstall gnome.
Upgrading a few GNOME packages should lead you to the culprit.
> Thanks for your answer, Dietrich
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New
York is doomed."
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