On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Anand Sivaram <aspn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That looks like a problem. You have unstable version of gcc-4.4-base > (4.4.3-9) installed, but now your unstable/sid is commented out. So > when you try to install g++ which has dependency on gcc-4.4-base, it > is trying to revert the gcc-4.4-base to that of squeeze (4.4.2-9). > Install the package "apt-show-versions", that could show your what is > installed and from which version. > So either revert gcc-4.4-base to that of squeeze or uncomment the sid > line, do an update and install "aptitude -t unstable install g++" to > get sid version. > > > The unstable/sid doesn't have to be comment out. Setting the default release will keep the system tracked to, in this case, testing. How did the packages from sid get installed in the first place? If you're tracking something, you have to give it an explicit "aptitude install -t sid <package>" command, right?
