On Thu, 21 May 1998, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > PROBLEMS: > It wasn't pretty, here's a cut and paste: > dpkg: libreadline2: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you > request: > bash depends on libreadline2 (>= 2.1); however: > Package libreadline2 is to be removed. > gnuplot depends on libreadline2 (>= 2.1). > gdb depends on libreadline2 (>= 2.1). > netstd depends on libreadline2 (>= 2.1). > libreadline2-dev depends on libreadline2 (= 2.1-2). > (Reading database ... 14338 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing libreadline2 ... > (Reading database ... 14331 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking libreadlineg2 (from libreadlineg2_2.1-9.deb) ...
Well, this isn't pretty. You didn't say what installation method you used, but it sounds like dselect-upgrade. What happened is this, dselect marked libreadline for removal (this is what caused the failure) to remove libreadline we have to install a new bash to install a new bash we have to install libreadlineg to install libreadlineg we need to remove libreadline [ This is the same twisted logic as is applied to the perl/perl-base situation and many others like it ] And that is exactly what it did. You MUST NOT select libreadline for removal, I'm not sure what I can do to make this safer - something should be done but nothing is presenting itself to me. One thing would be that it would been nice if it installed bash directly after libreadlineg - but that would not have saved the system since libreadlineg's install segfaulted. The normal sequence of events is this, install libreadline install libreadling install bash I would almost suggest that unless there is a critical reason why libreadlineg conflicts with libreadline that conflicts line be removed so it can order properly in the case of bash being removed. In light of this I recommend that everyone install bash first before attempting to upgrade any more, or use dist-upgrade which usually won't remove libreadline. Also, in future, please save a copy of your /var/lib/dpkg/status file before doing an upgrade - if something goes wrong in APT I can duplicate it here with the information in that file. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
