aptitude dist-upgrade wants to do the same thing, but at least its message may give a better insight into why. It is REALLY insistent I remove Gnome. Presumably the author uses KDE :-)
bandsman:/tmp# aptitude dist-upgrade
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libcap2-bin{a} libcryptui0a{ab} libgck0{a} libgcr-3-0{a}
libmath-round-perl{a}
The following packages will be upgraded:
gnome-keyring{b} libdatetime-perl libgnome-keyring0 seahorse
seahorse-plugins
5 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,074 kB/6,790 kB of archives. After unpacking 5,247 kB will be
used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libcryptui0a: Conflicts: libcryptui0 but 2.30.1-2 is installed.
gnome-keyring: Breaks: seahorse-plugins (< 3.0) but 2.30.1-3+b1 is to be
installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) gnome
2) gnome-desktop-environment
3) seahorse
4) seahorse-plugins
Keep the following packages at their current version:
5) libcryptui0a [Not Installed]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) gnome
2) gnome-desktop-environment
3) libcryptui0
4) seahorse-plugins
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) gnome
2) gnome-accessibility
3) gnome-core
4) gnome-desktop-environment
5) gnome-keyring
6) gtkvncviewer
7) libcryptui0
Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
8) gksu recommends gnome-keyring
9) gvfs-backends recommends gnome-keyring
10) gnome-desktop-environment recommends gnome-accessibility
11) libpam-gnome-keyring recommends gnome-keyring
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) gnome-keyring [2.30.3-5 (now, stable, testing)]
2) libcryptui0a [Not Installed]
3) libgnome-keyring0 [2.32.0-1 (now, testing)]
4) seahorse [2.30.1-2 (now, stable, testing)]
5) seahorse-plugins [2.30.1-3 (now, stable, testing)]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) gnome
2) gnome-desktop-environment
3) seahorse-plugins
Keep the following packages at their current version:
4) libcryptui0a [Not Installed]
5) seahorse [2.30.1-2 (now, stable, testing)]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) gnome
2) gnome-accessibility
3) gnome-core
4) gnome-desktop-environment
5) gnome-keyring
6) gtkvncviewer
Keep the following packages at their current version:
7) libcryptui0a [Not Installed]
8) seahorse [2.30.1-2 (now, stable, testing)]
9) seahorse-plugins [2.30.1-3 (now, stable, testing)]
Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
10) gksu recommends gnome-keyring
11) gvfs-backends recommends gnome-keyring
12) gnome-desktop-environment recommends gnome-accessibility
13) libpam-gnome-keyring recommends gnome-keyring
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) gnome-keyring [2.30.3-5 (now, stable, testing)]
2) libcryptui0a [Not Installed]
3) seahorse [2.30.1-2 (now, stable, testing)]
4) seahorse-plugins [2.30.1-3 (now, stable, testing)]
Downgrade the following packages:
5) libgnome-keyring0 [2.32.0-1 (now, testing) -> 2.30.1-1 (stable)]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
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