[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Bug#149702: apt: requires manual fiddling to break out of inconsistent state



On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Yann Dirson wrote:

> Then "dselect-upgrade -f" and "install -f" wanted to remove those packages.

Sounds sensible, you removed the package they need and didn't have it
available for whatever reason. 

> kdelibs-dev" then told me that this package was needing a couple of other
> packages that were not to be installed, I added them to my command-line, got
> a similar message about 2 more packages, added them, so that it reads:

Yes, you need to specify an *exact* solution if you do not use -f in this
case, so you need to specify every package and all it's dependencies. You
should have used -f with kdelibs-dev available.

Jason


-- 
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deity-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org



Reply to: