Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip
Julien Cristau writes ("Re: Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip"):
> (c) using aptitude (or maybe apt-get) which can upgrade these packages
> without problems.
apt* just `cope' with this problem by running dpkg with --force
options. Ie, they decide that you didn't mean what you said.
> The upgrade works if you upgrade a bunch of packages together, not one
> by one.
It is not possible with dpkg to install several packages `together'.
If you think you need this then you have misunderstood your upgrade
path.
> I don't think upgrades using only dpkg are supported.
dpkg is the tool used by all higher-level programs to do
installation. If it can't be done by dpkg with the command line then
it can't be done at all.
Ian.
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