David De Graff wrote: > 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 > > >
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