On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 06:43:11PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I try to do aptitude full-upgrade on my Stretch Apple G4 PowerMac, I get
> conflicts.
>
> These do not seem to be transient — they have been there for several days.
>
> Anybody know what’s going on?
>
> Thanks!
> Rick
>
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> > libnettle4{a}
> > The following packages will be upgraded:
> > gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 libarchive13 libasyncns0 libavcodec57
> > libavfilter6 libavformat57 libavresample3 libavutil55
> > libc-bin libc-l10n libc6 libkpathsea6 libpackagekit-glib2-18 libpam-systemd
> > libpostproc54 libptexenc1 librest-0.7-0
> > libswresample2 libswscale4 libsynctex1 libsystemd0 libtexlua52
> > libtexluajit2 libudev1 libx264-148 locales
> > multiarch-support mythes-en-us packagekit packagekit-tools systemd
> > systemd-sysv texlive-base texlive-binaries
> > texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended-doc texlive-latex-base
> > texlive-latex-base-doc udev x11-apps
> > x11-xkb-utils
> > 41 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > Need to get 442 kB/104 MB of archives. After unpacking 16.6 MB will be
> > freed.
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> > libgnutls-deb0-28 : Conflicts: libnettle4 but 2.7.1-5+deb8u1 is to be
> > installed
> > libgnutls30 : Conflicts: libnettle4 but 2.7.1-5+deb8u1 is to be installed
> > open: 45; closed: 112; defer: 39; conflict: 46
> >
> > The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
> >
> > Keep the following packages at their current version:
> > 1) libarchive13 [3.1.2-11+b1 (now, testing, unstable)]
> > 2) libnettle4 [Not Installed]
> >
>
I used to use aptitudee full-upgrade until I started having the same
problem as you - wanting to remove huge lists of essential applications
(like bash, etc.) There is a long thread regarding this on the forums
(which I can't find right now.)
I don't know why aptitude is doing this, but switching to apt-get
dist-upgrade solved the problem and I haven't had any issues in ~8
months.
