apt-get still has trouble with |, and it doesn't need to be nested. I have the same problem with apt-get from apt-0.1.9. I am trying to upgrade gnome-core.
aplysia$ sudo apt-get install libgtkxmhtml0 Updating package status cache...done Checking system integrity...ok Sorry, libgtkxmhtml0 is already the newest version 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. aplysia$ sudo apt-get install gnome-core Updating package status cache...done Checking system integrity...ok 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded. Sorry, but the following packages are broken - this means they have unmet dependencies: gnome-core: Depends:libgnome0 Depends:libgtkxmhtml0 Depends:giflib3g dpkg --print-avail gnome-core Package: gnome-core Priority: optional Section: x11 Installed-Size: 1380 Maintainer: Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 0.30-2 Depends: gdk-imlib1 (>= 1.8.1-1), libc6 (>= 2.0.7u), libglib1.1 (>= 1.1.3-2), libgnome0 (>= 0.30.1-3), libgtk1.1 (>= 1:1.1.2-2), libgtkxmhtml0 (>= 0.30.1-3), libjpeg62, libpng2, libtiff3g, libungif3g (>= 3.0-2) | giflib3g (>= 3.0-5.2), xlib6g (>= 3.3-5), xpm4g (>= 3.4j-0), zlib1g (>= 1.1.2-0.1) Filename: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/x11/gnome-core_0.30-2.deb Size: 960204 MD5sum: 4ea0132e56c42541d967d0ec81d38336 I have libungif3g installed. I have also tried installing giflib3g. Neither situation allows me to install gnome-core. When I have libungif3g installed, apt-get complains about giflib3g dependency. Alternatively, when I have giflib3g installed, apt-get complains about libungif3g dependency. I have both libgnome0 and libgtkxmhtml0 installed. The problem seems to be the dependency upon libungif3g (>= 3.0-2) | giflib3g (>= 3.0-5.2). Probably this dependency is repeated or nested by other gnome-core dependencies. I have recently upgraded the dpkg available database. In fact, I upgraded it many times. My conclusion is that apt-get has a bug, perhaps in its actions, perhaps in the reporting mechanism, but that bug still exists in apt-0.1.9. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED] LocalWords: sudo libgtkxmhtml aplysia libgnome giflib gdk imlib libc libglib LocalWords: libgtk libjpeg libpng libtiff libungif xlib xpm zlib dists ea ec
