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Re: apt-get error message seems contradictory



On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 07:54:18PM +0800, Gero Putzar <gputzar@beckarndt.com.au> was heard to say:
> So "A: Breaks: B" is meant to read as "A would break B if it was going to be
> installed". I interpreted the "Breaks:" as "does not comply with the need
> for the following dependency".

  That message just lists the dependencies that are broken.  Normally
it says "A: Depends: B (but ...)" or "A: Conflicts: B (but ...)"; you
just happened to run into a Breaks conflict.

  Daniel

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