Yesterday I installed the Debian-1.1.4 ditributiion as found on the last Infomagic 6 CD's set on my no-name Pentium 100Mhz system. After selecting the packages and resolving dependency conflict by dselect, I selected the "Install" menu command. dselect then tried to install gcc at first, but complained on not having the binutils already installed on the system. I went back to the "Select" mode and I checked if binutils were selected. They were selected, but I did not find any way to have them installed before gcc. The FAQ mentions a "pre-depend", but it does not explain tell how and where enforce it. Finally I tried this hack: I just installed the binutils package with dpkg from another console terminal, and when I reinstalled the whole system all went smoothly! As this is my first Debian installation I'd like to know if this a normal situation or not.
Thanks in advance, -Arrigo -- Arrigo Benedetti e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Modena [EMAIL PROTECTED] address: Via Vivaldi, 70 41100 MODENA - ITALY phone: (home) + 39 59 224929 (office) +39 59 374057 (fax) +39 59 220727 http://www-micro.deis.unibo.it/~benedett <-- under construction !
