On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 13:28:51 +0200 Hans <hans.ullr...@loop.de> wrote:
>Hi folks, > >since some months the debian repository of testing and unstable looks in a >strange state. AFAIK this is caused by the change to GCC5. > >Please understand, that I do not want to mourne. Instead I would like to know, >if I have to do something or just wait. > >When I do an aptitude full-upgrade, there appear a lot of unresolved >dependencies. Worse with using apt-get: apt-get wants to deinstall lots of >packages (kde, libreoffice and so on.) > >So, can someone tell me in a few words, what is the state of the repo? Of >course, if I have to change something on my systems (for example to force to >install special packages, get rid of special libs or whatever), please let me >know. > >On the other hand, please understand, that I want to use KDE further on, and >want to keep libreoffice, amarok and all the other (mostly kde related) apps, >which are installed at the moment. > >Here is the output of aptitude full-upgrade (not complete): > >------------------- snip ----------- > >......... >......... >......... >475 packages upgraded, 123 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. >Need to get 678 MB of archives. After unpacking 745 MB will be used. >The following packages have unmet dependencies: >(then follows a list of tons of libraries and dependencies) >........ >......... >........ >open: 4951; closed: 6296; defer: 5; conflict: 5 > >No solution found within the allotted time. Try harder? [Y/n] > >(Enetering "n" gives me) >Resolve these dependencies by hand? [N/+/-/_/:/?] > > >------------------- snap ---------------- > >For me it looks like, there are only 5 conflicts (or does this mean 5 libs?), >which breaks the update. Can this be easily solved? Really, any hints are >welcome. At the moment, I am aborting the upgrade due to this messages. > >Thanks for reading. > >Best regards > >Hans > >P.S. Please feel free to ask for more info. > > Might be a few KDE packages still waiting, but I did a fresh full installation of Testing with Xfce two days ago. It ran smooth, with no packages on hold. Updates have been working fine here for about a week. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]
