--- Charles Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After postgresql was kept back on both an upgrade > and > a dist-upgrade, I tried an install. This is the > result: > > twin:/etc/apt# apt-get install postgresql > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean > that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are > using > the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not > yet > been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > > Since you only requested a single operation it is > extremely likely that > the package is simply not installable and a bug > report > against > that package should be filed. > The following information may help to resolve the > situation: > > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet > dependencies: > postgresql: Conflicts: postgresql-client (< 7.2) > but > 7.1.3-8 is to be installed > E: Sorry, broken packages > > I used different mirrors over a couple of days w/ > the > same result. However, on my laptop postgreslql 7.2-4 > installed just fine. But on my desktop I'm stuck at > postgresql 7.1.3-8 . > <<SNIP>>
Well, I just did an ``apt-get install postgresql-client'' and it caused many supporting packages to be installed including postgresql. Is this indicative of a dependancy problem for these packages? ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hacking is a "Good Thing!" See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/