On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 01:03:59PM -0700, Al Stone wrote: > On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 03:49 +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 02:39:28AM +0100, Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) wrote: > > > Hello. > > > > > > Al Stone: > > > > > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > > > gnome-applets: Depends: gnome-applets-data (= 2.8.1.1-3) but 2.8.1.1-4 > > > > is to be installed > > > > gnome-applets-data: Depends: gnome-applets (= 2.8.1.1-4) but 2.8.1.1-3 > > > > is to be installed > > > > > > It looks like you're trying to install gnome-applets 2.8.1.1-3 and > > > gnome-applets-data 2.8.1.1-4. As far as I understand, gnome-applets-data > > > is common for all architectures, so -4 got build when the i386 version > > > got built, but the -4 version of gnome-applets for ia64 wsn't built at > > > that time and when you tried to upgrade only -3 was available. > > > > Indeed. I believe this is a bug in the debian archive, which should not drop > > the -3 common version until all arches are dropping it. > > > > > Did you try going to http://ftp.debian.org/pool/main/g/gnome-applets/ > > > and getting gnome-applets_2.8.1.1-4_ia64.deb from there? It also looks > > > like it got to the pool today, so simply try updating and upgrading with > > > today's data before trying the manual way. > > > > Just get the source package and rebuild it, this is how i solved this > > problem > > on powerpc, while the autobuilder where sort of behind it. > > Hmmm. 'apt-get upgrade' this morning seems to have fixed it > all -- so it would seem that the autobuilders got caught up. > It would sure be nice to fix the underlying problem, though -- > perhaps, as I think someone already suggested, by having a gate > in the process so that the archives are not updated until all > of the binary packages from a single source package have rebuilt.
No, that is the wrong fix, the right fix is simply to keep all the arch:all packages that have assorted arch:any packages in the archive. > I'd offer to help (if I can find the time), but I have no clue > how the autobuilders work and am not even sure where to start... This has nothing to do with the autobuilders, but with archive management tools. Friendly, Sven Luther
