Re: update hell

[Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz>]

On 27/07/18 16:44, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote:
> On 27/07/18 16:09, Default User wrote:
> > Debian Unstable, x86-64
> [...]
> > $ sudo aptitude -Pvv full-upgrade
> [...]
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> >   libkf5xmlgui5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-10-0 which is a virtual package,
> > provided by:
> >                            - libqt5core5a (5.10.1+dfsg-7), but 
> > 5.11.1+dfsg-6
> > is to be installed
> [...]
> > What to do?
> Wait for the Qt 5.11 transition 
> <https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/qtbase-abi-5-11-0.html> to 
> be completed?
> When on unstable, the transition tracker is your friend:
> https://release.debian.org/transitions/

More specifically, I use "apt-get dist-upgrade -V", and if apt-get wants 
to remove anything that I do not think it should, I reply "n", and then 
I use "apt-get upgrade -V" instead, so that I can upgrade packages not 
blocked by an in-progress transition.

Kind regards,

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Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/>
New Zealand