Hi Tom, On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 03:59:06PM -0800, Tom Epperly wrote: […] > Calculating upgrade... Failed > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > libnss-mdns : Breaks: lib32nss-mdns (< 0.10-6) but 0.10-3.2 is to be installed > E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages. > E: Internal error, Upgrade broke stuff […] Sorry to get back to you only now, but do you might still have the dpkg status file around to reproduce this? Just try now with "apt-get dist-upgrade -s" (as normal user). If this reproduces the error it would be nice if you could attach the file /var/lib/dpkg/status (compressed) to the bugreport. It contains information about which packages are installed and in which version on your system, so if you don't want to expose this information to the public you can also send it directly to me. If this doesn't reproduce it you can try if one of the backups is "old" enough with some magic option (again, run as user): apt-get dist-upgrade -s -o dir::state::status=/var/backups/dpkg.status.0 The rest of the backups are compressed, but this isn't a problem, just check which are available in /var/backups and call it like this: apt-get dist-upgrade -s -o dir::state::status=/var/backups/dpkg.status.1.gz If one of those files, reproduce it please attach it. If you also find an even older dpkg status file which doesn't trigger this message, it would be nice if you could attach it as well, so we can see what made the difference. If you can't find a status file to reproduce it we will have no other chance than to close the bugreport as unreproducible as these kind of bugs are highly dependent on the system state. Best regards David Kalnischkies
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