On 22/08/11 01:48, Tom Roche wrote: > > summary: my questions are about > > + using Debian packaging and its tools (notably apt-*, aptitude) > + fixing problems with same > > *not* > > - fixing broken functionality > - LMDE > - LMDE repositories > > If there is a better place to ask end-user-level questions about Debian > packaging and its tools (vs dev- or builder-level), please point me to > it.
As has been pointed out before - you are asking questions about Mint. Not Debian:- http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-choosing.en.html#s3.2.2 Regardless of the claims made by Mint developers - Mint is not Debian:- http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-choosing.en.html#s3.2 Though Mint developers claim Mint is "100% compatible with Debian Testing and Stable" - Debian isn't 100% compatible with Testing AND Stable". > Meanwhile, I'm interested in ways to make `aptitude` see as unbroken > packages that appear (notably, to `apt-get`) to be in fact unbroken. One > such way is proposed below (purging and re-installing `aptitude`), but > it appears problematic (more below). Despite being unable to do a task, you insist you know what the problem is and how to fix it. But then you mix stable and testing without pinning.... <snipped> > Scott Ferguson Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:28:44 +1000 >>> I understand that you're trying to illustrate *what* you think is not >>> working (ie. shown by Aptitude as broken.... but *what* is it that *is >>> not* working? > > *Aptitude* appears (to me--ICBW) to be not working properly, based on > the following 5 facts: <snipped because it's not relevant> I asked for the output of apt-get -sf install and apt-get -s install rsync. > > TIA, Tom Roche <tom_ro...@pobox.com> > > Cheers -- "Music is a great energizer. It's a language everybody knows." ~ Bill Hicks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e51c2b0.3040...@gmail.com
