Re: X-Windows on PPC in Debian SID

2024-01-22 Thread Simon McVittie
On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 at 17:14:11 -0700, Stan Johnson wrote: > The bottom line is that there appears to be a dependency issue in Debian > SID at the moment You can't *necessarily* draw this conclusion from a failure to upgrade. You are using powerpc, which is a "ports" architecture that is not

Re: X-Windows on PPC in Debian SID

2024-01-21 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Stan" == Stan Johnson writes: Stan> sysvinit-core. But if wdm really does require systemd now, Stan> that might explain this issue, with other X packages being Stan> dependent on either wdm or systemd. As I recall, wdm is the It does not look like wdm requires systemd. I set

Re: X-Windows on PPC in Debian SID

2024-01-21 Thread Stan Johnson
Hi Colin, On 1/21/24 3:22 PM, Stan Johnson wrote: > ... > > I'll also try installing systemd first (and let sysvinit-core be > uninstalled), then I'll run "apt-get dist-upgrade", then re-install > sysvinit-core and see if that disables systemd and lets the X packages > remain. I've noticed

Re: X-Windows on PPC in Debian SID

2024-01-21 Thread Stan Johnson
Hi Colin, Thanks for your reply. On 1/21/24 12:35 PM, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 10:41:05AM -0700, Stan Johnson wrote: >> I have a PowerMac G4 MDD (two 1.25 GHz CPUs, 2 GiB memory) that has been >> running Debian SID for years. It was last updated on 15 Oct 2023, with >> no

Re: X-Windows on PPC in Debian SID

2024-01-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 10:41:05AM -0700, Stan Johnson wrote: > I have a PowerMac G4 MDD (two 1.25 GHz CPUs, 2 GiB memory) that has been > running Debian SID for years. It was last updated on 15 Oct 2023, with > no problems. Yesterday, the update failed. Specifically, "apt-get > update" worked,

X-Windows on PPC in Debian SID

2024-01-21 Thread Stan Johnson
Hello, I have a PowerMac G4 MDD (two 1.25 GHz CPUs, 2 GiB memory) that has been running Debian SID for years. It was last updated on 15 Oct 2023, with no problems. Yesterday, the update failed. Specifically, "apt-get update" worked, "apt-get upgrade" worked, and "apt-get dist-upgrade" worked but