Bug#138217: E: Internal Error, Couldn't configure a pre-depend
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: important
# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Calculating Upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libpgsql2.1
The following NEW packages will be installed:
abiword-gtk alsaplayer-gtk ethereal-common fetchmail-common kdelibs3-bin libcapplet1 libdigest-hmac-perl libgal19 libgd2
libpcd libpgsql2 libpspell4 libxine0 python2.1-egenix-mxdatetime python2.1-egenix-mxtools xawtv-plugins xine-ui xpdf
xpdf-common xpdf-reader xpdf-utils
The following packages have been kept back
abiword-common cdrecord svgatextmode
609 packages upgraded, 21 newly installed, 1 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/288MB of archives. After unpacking 33.6MB will be used.
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E: Internal Error, Couldn't configure a pre-depend
Something wrong, and it's not possible to go on unless I magically figure out
which packages may have problems with pre-depends. Would be neat to give a
flag to make apt burp up some internal debug info, at least giving some hints
what do look for, or what to fix.
If you believe this is none of apt's business, and this is not a bug, please
close this, but I believe Joe User would get stuck here.
/etc/apt/* and /var/lib/dpkg/status is stored for your optional enjoyment, you
only have to ask for it.
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux Yikes 2.4.16 #2 Wed Dec 5 16:48:27 CET 2001 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=hu_HU
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.5-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-3 The GNU stdc++ library
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