On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 09:14, Andreas W�st wrote: > > Am Samstag, 26.07.03, um 00:24 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Michel > D�nzer: > > > On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 00:03, Andreas W�st wrote: > >> > >> Am Freitag, 25.07.03, um 23:39 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Michel > >> D�nzer: > >> > >>> 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. > >> > >> Hmm, well, basically I wanted to do > >> > >> # apt-get -u -t unstable install gnome-session > >> > >> on one of my boxen (which is running woody ATM). This gets me a list > >> of > >> broken dependencies, and apt-get quits. Following those deps, I end up > >> everywhere on said xlibs dependency (which, to be honest, I don't > >> understand, why does it want to install 4.1.0-16 when it wants a > >> version greater then 4.2.0 and such a version [4.2.1-9] is even > >> available?). > > > > Because you have an older version installed, and you don't tell it to > > upgrade that. > > Sorry, I didn't get this one! I thought, deps would be handled > automatically?? If I tell it, for instance, to apt-get -u -t unstable > install openoffice.org, apt-get tells me that libc6 etc. (of which I > obviously have already an older, i.e. woody, version installed) will be > upgraded. So, why does it not do that when trying to install > gnome-session?
Hmm. Did you maybe pin xlibs to the older version before with something like xlibs=4.1.0-16 or xlibs/stable? What does apt-cache policy xlibs say? -- Earthling Michel D�nzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
