On Jun 7, 9:50 am, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 08:04:54 -0000,pedxingwrote: > > I ran into this problem when trying to do my weekly aptitude upgrade > > on an AMD64 system running Lenny: > > ---- > > Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 (using .../archives/ > > libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb) ... > > Unpacking replacement libc6 ... > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb > > (--unpack): > > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package gtk-qt- > > engine > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > A package failed to install. Trying to recover: > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-dev: > > libc6-dev depends on libc6 (= 2.5-9); however: > > Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.6.ds1-13. > > dpkg: error processing libc6-dev (--configure): > > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of locales: > > locales depends on glibc-2.5-1; however: > > Package glibc-2.5-1 is not installed. > > dpkg: error processing locales (--configure): > > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of binutils: > > binutils depends on libc6 (>= 2.5-5); however: > > Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.6.ds1-13. > > dpkg: error processing binutils (--configure): > > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > libc6-dev > > locales > > binutils > > ---- > > > Is this just a transient condition, or do I have a problem? Should I > > be reporting a bug? > > It seems to be bug #421581 which is fixed in Sid. You could try to > install the Sid version of gtk-qt-engine or wait until it comes to > Lenny. You can probably also temporarily uninstall gtk-qt-engine if you > want to upgrade libc6 now without putting Sid packages on your system. > (Using dpkg with --force-overwrite should also allow you to install the > new version of libc6, but I would avoid resorting to --force-* unless > absolutely necessary.)
I guess I'm not too clear on how the package flow from unstable to testing is supposed to work. I figured that it would get fixed in unstable (it did), and then would "trickle down" to testing (it hasn't). This condition is preventing me from applying -any- updates, so I've got a huge backlog of updates. I figured I would just be patient and wait, but it's been 1.5 months since I've been able to update my system at all. I don't want to put Sid packages on my Lenny system and I don't want to force anything. But I also don't want to sit here without any updates. Removing gtk-qt-engine isn't really an option because of all of the dependencies. Is my system hosed? If so how? I don't see anyone else having this problem, but I can't believe I have to re-install because I have always been good about only using aptitude to do regular updates (ie., no pinning, no funny business forcing packages, etc.). What have I done wrong, and how can I get back to normal? -pedxing -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
