On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 06:06:39PM -0500, Matt Peter said > Hello All, > > I run into apt problems on a semi-regular basis, running unstable,
It's important to distinguish "apt problems" from problems with dependencies. > which is fine most of the time, but from time to time I get package > permissions problems, usually where one dependent package is trying to > overwrite the contents of another package's contents. This is a bug in one of the packages, file it if no one else has. apt has no support for dealing with this problem, as you've found. > So, I've been over the debian docs, but I'm looking for a general > strategy for solving dependency issues when they arise, Dependency problems are also package bugs, file them. It's not generally possible to resolve problems like this by shuffling packages around, you usually need to just let things get removed or put them on hold. You could also rebuild them without the broken dependency. > so I don't have to keep messing with my system until it /just works/ > again. Don't use Sid or at least don't upgrade when you have important work to do :-) -- Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: Croatian quiche ANZUS Rumsfield terrorism bootleg
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