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Re: Bug#45980: apt: wrong error




On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Wichert Akkerman wrote: 

> It seems apt prints a wrong error-message when it detects an
> installation-request impossible. In this case it says python-base
> 1.5.2-6 is not installed, but it most definitely is installed..

> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   python-gdbm: Depends: python-base (= 1.5.2-6) but it is not installed
>   python-net: Depends: python-base (= 1.5.2-5) but it is not installed

I've tweaked the output so that the tense is correct, ie 'it is not
installed' becomes ' it is not going to be installed' which is really what
it means.

Jason


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