-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/18/07 18:46, Gordon Pedersen wrote: > I'm running a fairly fresh install of etch (4.0r1). > > Is it possible to install ruby wholly within debian stable at this > moment in time? > > When I try, it appears that the following dependency chain > > ruby -> ruby1.8 -> libruby1.8 -> libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) [i386] > > leads apt-get to want to install packages from the "testing" dist, > including some major C library-related pkgs (see below). I'm worried > about allowing that to happen, afraid system will start losing > integrity, etc. > > It decides to remove stable package libc6 (2.3.6.ds1-13etch2), then > goes to get libc6 (2.6.1-1+b1 Debian:testing) and continues on with > testing pkgs. > > I can't decipher the meaning of the stable libc6 package version > (2.3.6.ds1-13etch2). > > Is it a legitimate dependency for libruby1.8? > > If so, where do I look to find out how to install libruby1.8 in the > face of apt-get thinking it has a missing dependency? > > If not, what are my options?
You seem to be running a mixed system. Not good. What does your sources.list look like? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHGA6jS9HxQb37XmcRArzwAJ9U5kkupqlII1nKIoqnctGuvhaTcQCguwxn vCimz0YvGBhYlj72ta+8eJ8= =IHKb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
