Received Wed 29 Jun 2005 8:43pm +1000 from Clive Menzies: > On (29/06/05 11:09), Anthony Campbell wrote: > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > From: Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:09:18 +0100 > > Subject: Re: wajig broken in unstable? > > > > On 29 Jun 2005, Graham Williams wrote: > > > Received Wed 29 Jun 2005 7:39pm +1000 from Anthony Campbell: > > > > I found that wajig disappeared here after an update to unstable a couple > > > > of days ago and attempts to reintall it are greeted with the message > > > > that it has unmet dependencies and I should file a bug report. However, > > > > bug reporting seems to be failing on Debian at present. > > > > > > > > Not sure what is happening here. > > > > > > Hi Anthony. Any more specific details? What is it dependent on that is > > > failing? I presume you might be using sarge (stable) and have upgraded > > > to unstable? Did you use wajig to do this? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Graham > > > > > > > No, I've been following unstable for many months. In fact, I discovered > > that synaptic and aptitude had also been removed, but I've reinstalled > > those without problems. I've been using wajig routinely for some time. > > > > The message I get now is: > > > > > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > > or been moved out of Incoming. > > > > Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that > > the package is simply not installable and a bug report against > > that package should be filed. > > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > wajig: Depends: python-apt but it is not going to be installed > > E: Broken packages > > I'm coming in late on this. Aptitude threatened to remove itself here > (sid) during the last couple of upgrades because apt and apt-utils were > being upgraded but aptitude is dependant on the currently installed > version; so I held apt and apt-utils. > > I suspect that you're seeing this behaviour because you've upgraded > these to 0.6.38 but synaptic/aptitude depend on 0.5.28.6. > > You could downgrade these two packages manually to rectify the problem > perhaps? > > Regards > > Clive
Thanks for the information. Looks like the apt upgrade is breaking a few dependencies. I am getting the same problem now! I'll have a look to see what needs to be done for wajig. As suggested, downgrading apt and apt-util and then putting them on hold might allow wajig to be reinstalled. Regards, Graham -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
