Re: Broken deps?
On 25 Aug 2010, B. Alexander wrote:
> I went to upgrade a sid box today and found that libapt-pkg-libc6.0-6-4.8
> appears to be broken. I got a number of messages saying:
>
> Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4.8 which is a virtual package.
>
> Which means aptitude wants to remove things like apt-file,
> apt-listchanges, aptitude, etc. With things being in flux with the freeze,
> is this just a temporary issue which will be fixed soon? Should I wait for
> a day or two (its been a couple already) or should I start holding
> packages?
>
> --b
I was caught by this yesterday when I failed to spot that wajig and
apt-listbugs were going to be removed. I even contemplated installing
aptitude but that isn't possible either. But, as others here have said,
it will probably be fixed in a few days.
Anthony
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