On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 01:35:13PM -0400, Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > I'm wondering if this is similar to the problem that is described in > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/09/msg00090.html > > Certainly the pattern of dependency/pre-dependency seems similar... > > What happened was this: > > I had installed ntpdate, ntp-simple and ntp packages at the 4.2.0a > +stable-2sarge1 revision level. When the "dfsg" revision of these > packages came along, instead of updating those packages, the result > of an "aptitude upgrade" was to delete the ntp* packages entirely. I > got out of the problem by re-installing the ntp* packages, which got > me to the dfsg versions. > > I plan to do a non-network install (dvd-only) of the beta3 dvd (which > should get me to the condition I was in before the problems) then add > a network repo to sources.list (which should attempt to update to the > dfsg versions) and see what happens.
That does sound odd. I would be interested in hearing if apt-get does the same thing (which would indicate it's probably a generic apt issue instead of something with aptitude's dependency handling or autoremoval code). Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
