Package: apt Version: 0.1.9 # apt-get install dpkg-perl Updating package status cache...done Checking system integrity...dependency error You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. Sorry, but the following packages are broken - this means they have unmet dependencies: tetex-base: Depends:dpkg-perl vrms: Depends:dpkg-perl tetex-extra: Depends:dpkg-perl tetex-bin: Depends:dpkg-perl #
I'd expect apt not to require the '-f' flag when the package I want to install is precisely the one that cause the dependancy problem... -- System Information Debian Release: 2.1 Kernel Version: Linux vince 2.0.37 #8 Fri Jan 1 07:10:18 CET 1999 i686 unknown Versions of the packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.0.7.19981211 GNU Libc: shared libraries ii libstdc++2.9 2.91.60-2 The GNU stdc++ library (egcs version) --- Begin /etc/apt/sources.list (modified conffile) deb file:/mirror/debian potato main contrib non-free --- End /etc/apt/sources.list
