On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:28:28 -0400 Rick Pasotto <r...@niof.net> wrote:
> Today dpkg and dpkg-dev showed up as being held back. When I ran > > aptitude -s install dpkg dpkg-dev > > the result was that kdebase, kicker, kpersonalizer, ksplash, and > libkonq5 became BROKEN. > > Something is wrong somewhere if updating required core packages breaks > optional packages. Why does anything have to be wrong? It just means that you'll have to wait to upgrade the core packages until newer versions of the optional packages, compatible with the new core packages, become available. I assume that you're running testing or unstable? This sort of thing is not uncommon with those flavors, IIUC. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org