Re: resolving dependencies in aptitude
On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:27:25 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Mi, 28 dec 11, 02:35:41, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>> Recently, with wheezy, when I try to upgrade using aptitude in teh
>> interactive interface, I get a lot of potentially unsatisfied
>> dependencies. (I use u to update the package list, then U to make a
>> set of upgrades) Aptitude usually suggests I remove a lot of packages.
>> gnome and its minions are usually on the list, which is drastic. I end
>> up exploring alternatives, but there are often no acceptable ones. I
>> seem to remember there used to be a way to upgrade where it would only
>> consider packages that could be upgraded without removing stuff (except
>> for packages that had become obsolete or had nothing depending on them
>> any more, of course).
>
> Only via the commandline (safe-upgrade). U in interactive mode does the
> equivalent of full-upgrade. I'm guessing the rationale is that in
> interactive mode the admin is able to pass various hints to fix such
> complex situations, or just decide to wait
I'll try the safe-upgrade, Thanks. Currently I'm waiting.
> BTW, you are of course aware that Gnome 3 has migrated to wheezy, right?
> (I'm asking because you might be seeing the Gnome 2 -> Gnome 3 upgrade)
Painfully aware. I fled to xfce. I may go back when it stabilizes. In
the meantime, it's getting in the way of smooth upgrades. I guess I
could uninstall gnome, but that seems drastic.
-- hendrik
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