On Sat, 2010-01-09 at 03:55 +0100, Norbert Preining wrote: > > aptitude dist-ugprade > then?
oh yeah, ok > > > Yes I know, but texlive-binaries provides texlive-base-bin, so that > > > should not be a problem *at* all. > > > > > > > Oh ok. What would the problem be then? What's an effective way of > > locating the offending conflict? > > There is none, the only problem is that apt-get and aptitude with normal > operation do not take removing texlive-base-bin into account. > No, aptitude dist-ugprade does not in fact work. Where apt-get dist-upgrade resolves immediate to remove texlive-base-bin and install the new package texlive-binaries, aptitude dist-ugprade says texlive-binaries is broken and resolves with keeping texlive-binaries at its current version [Not Installed]. The alternate resolutions found with . and , do not help. I think I can force aptitude to get the job done by running U in the aptitude text-graphical user interface and manipulating the resolutions by hand (examing the resolutions and rejecting the resolution to cancel the installation of texlive-binaries, leaving the alternative resolution to remove texlive-base-bin. After that, pressing . for a new resolution, I get one which removes texlive-base-bin and dvipdfmx, and I guess I can get the rest of the upgrade that way (I'm not going to actually do it or we'll lose this test case). But the point is, I shouldn't have to go through all that trouble with aptitude. As you say, aptitude dist-ugprade should sort it out automatically, just as apt-get dist-upgrade does, but it doesn't sort it out. Drew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
