On Monday 09 February 2015 01:32:30 Ric Moore wrote: > On 02/04/2015 04:03 AM, Sivaram Neelakantan wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 04 2015,Ric Moore wrote: > >> On 02/04/2015 02:13 AM, Sivaram Neelakantan wrote: > >>> How does one go about fixing broken packages? I've recently started > >>> using debian and apart some fiddling to get the latest emacs24.4 on > >>> wheezy I have not done anything on the system. When I tried to > >>> install libcurl4, I get the following error. > >> > >> As root user, apt-get install synaptic > >> Let it install your programs for you. It's a great GUI package tool, > >> that most use. It's point n click and installs all dependences for > >> you. Ric > > > > err...right. But will synaptic fix the above issue at all that I have > > currently? And does it matter that I'm using KDE version of debian > > (debian-kde iso live cd version) > > YOU broke things when you installed an experimental package to wheezy
He didn't, Ric!!! He used wheezy-backports. Many of us routinely use wheezy-backports and regard it as a perfectly reasonable thing to do. One does not necessarily expect any pain from backports, which are a completely different kettle of fish from Experimental. Backports aren't supported as well as Stable itself, but they are quite well supported and I personally have never had a problem with them. > and then proceeded to erase experimental from your sources list. I don't see any mention of Sivaram's ever having had Experimental in his sources.list. I really don't think he did, Ric. You must be muddling him with someone else. He doesn't need warning off it because he isn't doing it in the first place. Lisi > If you > must have that version of <cough cough> emacs then install Jessie > cleanly, as in a fresh install. You can't easily put a size 12 foot into > a size 10 shoe and not expect pain. Nor, do we expect the unpaid > developers to spend their time to maintain a complete list of depends > for the one user who would install an experimental version of something > to wheezy. > > Here is what you had to have read: > "Quoting the Debian FAQ: "project/experimental/: This directory contains > packages and tools which are still being developed, and are still in the > alpha testing stage. Users shouldn't be using packages from here, > because they can be dangerous and harmful even for the most experienced > people." > > You have been warned > > Unlike the Debian Releases unstable and testing, experimental isn't a > complete distribution. Even if there are a lot less consistency > requirements for packages in experimental, they are autobuilt on the > best effort basis by official Debian Package Auto-Building infrastructure. > " > > It's not even built by humans. :/ Ric > > > -- > My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: > "There are two Great Sins in the world... > ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. > Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. > http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201502090146.22748.lisi.re...@gmail.com
