On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 22:50, Andreas W�st wrote: > > I wanted to install some X11 related packages from sid, but they all > have broken dependencies ["( ... ) but it is not going to be > installed"]. So far, so good. When following those dependencies, it > ultimately leads to xlibs, where it reads: > > xlibs (> 4.2.0) but 4.1.0-16 is to be installed > > Huh, I mean, what should that tell me?? If doing an apt-cache policy > xlibs, there is a 4.2.1-9 install candidate, and when checking > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xfree86/ there is > obviously a binary available too. Furthermore, apt-get -u -t unstable > install xlibs doesn't mention any problems. > > What is the problem? I am seeing this behaviour an all of my boxen, so > it does not seem to be triggered by strange package combinations et al.
Hard to tell without seeing exactly what you're doing and the full output. -- Earthling Michel D�nzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
