Hi > Aptitude suggests removal of 284 packages in favor of keeping update-inetd > at version 4.40 which it complains as being held, which is not true.
Can you verify this with: $ grep -A 4 update-inetd /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates which should indicate something other than `State: 2'. Also, what is the output of: $ apt-cache policy update-inetd > Corresponding attachment aptitude_bug. What was the command you were trying to run? Looks like it might be: $ aptitude install cups-client perl perl-base perl-modules > Also, aptitude states perl-base: Conflicts: update-inetd, but this's not > written in aptitude show perl-base. Those are the details for your current version. The version you are trying to install has added the conflict: perl (5.14.2-6) unstable; urgency=low ... * Add versioned Conflicts on update-inetd (<< 4.41) (Closes: #649177) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org