On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 05:34:12PM -0500, Travis Crump wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > >On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 03:05:36PM -0500, Travis Crump wrote: > > > >>The more likely cause of this behavior is the "Replaces" field of > >>kdelibs-data. I think apt-get will automatically try to install on > >>dist-upgrade any package that claims to replace an installed package. > > > > > >I really hope not. That would be a misinterpretation of Replaces, which > >on its own simply means that some files from the named package(s) have > >moved to the package containing the Replaces field. > > > >Replaces in combination with Conflicts or maybe Provides, possibly ... > > > > Well, the 'Replaces' theory sounds much more reasonable to me than the > 'Depends' theory. No packages were being upgraded on OP's dist-upgrade > so the depends of every other package on his system must remain > constant. In order for a depends to cause a new package to be > installed, it follows that there was a package that somehow got > installed with an unsatisfied 'Depends'. I don't know how this could > happen without the OP knowing what was going on[ie he had been using > dpkg --force-depends].
It's still confusing me, as I'm getting kdelibs-data installed with a dist-upgrade, and removing it doesn't force any other packages out too. The three-liner that Travis posted earlier in this thread produces no output (and I'm not quite sure enough of what it does to work out if there's a simple typo/thinko in there). Another suggestion that came up earlier was to use aptitude, examine the package and then look at the "Packages which Depend on kdelibs-data" line. This showed only one package (kdelibs4) which was not installed. I've had a download.kde.org site in there prior to being able to get GNOME 2.2 under testing, which might have resulted in some weird dependancies. I don't mind /having/ them, though, It'd just be nice to /see/ them! All in all, a bit puzzling :-| Any suggestions? Any packaging command incantations that'll spit out any installed package even /mentioning/ kdelibs-data? I've having a go, but am getting nowhere, fast ... -- jc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
