Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.1-14 Severity: important
-- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux tompth.localdomain.fake 2.4.19 #1 Fri Aug 9 21:38:54 CEST 2002 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages libc6 depends on: ii libdb1-compat 2.1.3-7 The Berkeley database routines [gl I came from libc-2.2.4 , and tried to install mysql. I first did an apt-get upgrade of debian-testing. Dependencies required installation of libdb1-compat, which happens to be version 2.1.3-7 in debian-testing as of yesterday. Although it is for compatibility with programs linked against glibc 2.0 or 2.1, apparently it depends on a newer version of libc6 ... So that one got partially installed, but could not be configured because itself depends on libdb1-compat . So deadlock, and nothing worked anymore... After using a rescue disk and some manual copying and symlinking for the newer libc6, configuration was still impossible because of a dependency conflict: # dpkg --configure libc6 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6: libc6 depends on libdb1-compat; however: Package libdb1-compat is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libc6 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: libc6 # dpkg --configure libdb1-compat dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libdb1-compat: libdb1-compat depends on libc6 (>= 2.2.5-13); however: Package libc6 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libdb1-compat (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: libdb1-compat Solution: --force-depends for libc6 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
