This is probably a terrible, klutzy, inept thing to do--but I had a similar problem with unstable a bit ago, and after a few days I just let it have its head, uninstall what it liked, and I just kept track of the packages and re-installed the. Then it worked fine.
There it is, FWIW. --Daniel So-and-so (Bryan K. Walton) said thus-and-such: > This morning, I ran a apt-get -f -s dist-upgrade on my laptop running > testing. Here is what apt-get wants to do: > > work-linux:/home/walton# apt-get -f -s dist-upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Calculating Upgrade... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: > alien cpio debhelper dpkg-dev kernel-package realplayer > tpctl-modules-source > 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 7 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Remv alien (7.30 Debian:testing) > Remv tpctl-modules-source (2.5-4 ) > Remv kernel-package (7.74 Debian:testing) > Remv debhelper (3.0.51 Debian:testing) > Remv dpkg-dev (1.9.18 Debian:testing) > Remv realplayer (8.0.5 Debian:testing) > Remv cpio (2.4.2-38 Debian:testing) > Inst tar (1.13.25-1 Debian:testing) > Conf tar (1.13.25-1 Debian:testing) > > Looks like the upgrade of tar wants to remove some stuff that shouldn't > be removed. Any ideas on why this is happening, and the best way to fix > it? > > Thanks, > Bryan Walton > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
