Quoting Timothy Bedding ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I think I have hit a bug in dpkg. I try to install an older > version of xlib6g but I get a failure because xlib6g depends > on libxaw6. However, I think only the new version of xlib6g (4.0.2) > depends on libxaw6. The old version (3.3.6 from potato) does > not depend on libxaw6. (Please can someone with potato verify > this.) > > So, this makes me think that there is a bug because dpkg > should realise that the destination version of xlib6g has > no requirement and thus should not fail.
> libxaw6 conflicts with xlib6g (<< 4.0) ...so you can't install lib6g_3.3.6-11potato15.deb. So remove libxaw6 first. BTW can you clean up your script pastes when you post them (i.e. the backspaces after "shutdown"). Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
