On a side note, my system keeps psuedo freezing while doing an apg-get operations. All the terminals stop working, including the console.. Numlock still toggles the led on the keyboard, and I can still ICMP ping the machine from my linux box.
Any new connections made to the telnet port accept the connection, but no login prompt is issued.... Any ideas? --- Steve Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 09:11:32PM -0700, jc wrote: > > apt-get output: > > bsdutils: Depends: sysvinit (>= 2.59-2) but it is > not > > installable > > > > > > Is there anything to be done about this? > > Learn to use "dpkg -i --force-conflicts <pkgfile>" > when needed. Without > versioned Provides, you'll need to use it on a few > packages. Typically, > for packages that version depend on things provided > by the hurd package. > > Ummm. Looking at the Packages file a bit.... I > don't recall a problem > with bsdutils (but I'm using dselect/apt instead of > apt-get), but I see > bsdutils has a versioned depends on shellutils which > has a versioned > conflict with login which is provided by hurd. I'm > pointing this out > because, IIRC, I had to --force-conflicts to install > shellutils after > which everything was fine. I don't know if this > conflict has been > resolved yet or you've run into a different one. > Strictly speaking, this > isn't a hurd problem but a limitation of the package > management system. > > A word of warning, it's possible to shoot your foot > off by using > --force-conflicts carelessly. Make sure you know > what the conflict is > and why you're overriding it before proceeding. One > of the reasons > I use dselect is because I _like_ the conflict > resolution screens - > I think they're helpful in sorting this kind of > stuff out. YMMV. > > Good luck! > Steve > > -- > Steve Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (preferred) > Buckeye, AZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <http://www.goodnet.com/~sbowman/> > > Powered by Debian GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd > <http://www.debian.org> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ===== /********************************************************* * Come to #hurd on EFnet! I am the only one here! * *********************************************************/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/
