I'm trying to install gcc-3.2 from unstable on a box that's running woody, and am running into trouble with apt-get trying to remove packages that need to remain in place.
See the session text below: root:/usr/bin# apt-get -t unstable install gcc-3.2 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: binutils cpp-3.2 gcc-3.2-base libc6 libc6-dev libdb1-compat libgcc1 modconf modutils The following packages will be REMOVED: initrd-tools kernel-image-2.4.19-686 The following NEW packages will be installed: cpp-3.2 gcc-3.2 gcc-3.2-base libdb1-compat 6 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 2 to remove and 88 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/11.2MB of archives. After unpacking 18.4MB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n Abort. When I first ran the above command and chose to proceed, I got a warning about removing the kernel image, and I also had to reinstall initrd-tools. After looking through a lot of apt-get docs, I haven't found a command or option to force an installation to proceed without removing packages that are listed for removal. And I don't see how the two listed for removal above would conflict with gcc-3.2 in any case. Thanks for any help, Dave De Graff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
