On 22 Sep 1999, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > $ apt-get install -s -c apt.conf.i386 task-sgml > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Starting > Starting 2 > Package emacs19 has broken dep on liblockfile0 > Note, a broken or group was found in psgml. > Note, a broken or group was found in task-sgml. > Done > > Indeed, emacs19 should depend on liblockfile1 (a bug is pending on > this). > > task-sgml depends on psgml (>= 1.1.6-3) | xemacs20
Or groups are something that APT cannot resolve around, it's somewhat overly complicated to do perfectly. > Installing "task-sgml xemacs20" won't show an error, so the dependancy > on the or group can be fulfilled. Is there an option to make apt > continue on such an error with one of the working alternatives? Yes, on a broken group apt will show the final member of the group in the error message - I'll change this to show the whole group I think. Jason
