Re: dist-upgrade problem with conflicting packages coreutils and shellutils

2002-10-02 Thread Gerhard Gaussling
Am Mittwoch, 2. Oktober 2002 08:41 schrieb Faheem Mitha: > Use the grep-dctrl package. Example, to see all packages with > priority required do > > grep-available -Fpriority required -sPackage | less > > and you get a list of packages you don't want to mess with. Never > try to upgrade these packa

Re: dist-upgrade problem with conflicting packages coreutils and shellutils

2002-10-01 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 22:11:26 +0200, Gerhard Gaussling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, it's longer ago I wanted to install a package from source. I > don't remember what kind of source-tarball I installed by using > auto-apt, but it was a developer version, the newest available. Ok, but learn

Re: dist-upgrade problem with conflicting packages coreutils and shellutils

2002-10-01 Thread Gerhard Gaussling
Am Dienstag, 1. Oktober 2002 22:11 schrieb Gerhard Gaussling: > How can I directly see that I have to do with a _base_ -package, > like libc6 or coreutils? .. that I have to deal with a a _base_ -package... sorry about my broken english :-( regards gerhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: dist-upgrade problem with conflicting packages coreutils and shellutils

2002-10-01 Thread Gerhard Gaussling
Am Montag, 30. September 2002 23:08 schrieb Faheem Mitha: > On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 21:26:04 +0200, Gerhard Gaussling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > debian:/usr/src# apt-get remove coreutils > > [...]You are about to do something potentially harmful > > To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I s

Re: dist-upgrade problem with conflicting packages coreutils and shellutils

2002-09-30 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 17:52:06 +0200, Gerhard Gaussling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Montag, 30. September 2002 05:35 schrieb Faheem Mitha: >> though. What does apt-get -u upgrade >> currently say? > > Hello Faheem, > > Thank you for your response. Unfortunately I'd already overwritten > the '

Re: dist-upgrade problem with conflicting packages coreutils and shellutils

2002-09-30 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 21:26:04 +0200, Gerhard Gaussling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > debian:/usr/src# apt-get remove coreutils > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: > coreutils > WARNING: The following essential packages will

Re: dist-upgrade problem with conflicting packages coreutils and shellutils

2002-09-30 Thread Gerhard Gaussling
Hello Faheem, Am Montag, 30. September 2002 17:52 schrieb Gerhard Gaussling: > I don't knoww if it's possible > to remove it. If it's possible I think I have to reinstall > shellutils, textutils, and fileutils. debian:/usr/src# apt-get remove coreutils Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dep

Re: dist-upgrade problem with conflicting packages coreutils and shellutils

2002-09-30 Thread Gerhard Gaussling
Am Montag, 30. September 2002 05:35 schrieb Faheem Mitha: > though. What does apt-get -u upgrade > currently say? Hello Faheem, Thank you for your response. Unfortunately I'd already overwritten the 'coreutils-packages' of sarge (shellutils and textutils) with their newest versions. That means

Re: dist-upgrade problem with conflicting packages coreutils and shellutils

2002-09-29 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 23:52:42 +0200, Gerhard Gaussling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > debian:/home/gerhard# apt-cache show coreutils | grep shellutils > Replaces: textutils, shellutils, fileutils, stat > Provides: textutils, shellutils, fileutils > > I think it's impossible to remove coreutils now.

Re: dist-upgrade problem with conflicting packages coreutils and shellutils

2002-09-29 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 23:52:42 +0200, Gerhard Gaussling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Sonntag, 29. September 2002 21:23 schrieb Gerhard Gaussling: >> What can I do now to progress with dist-upgrade. > I did > dpkg --force-overwrite -i shellutils_2.0.12-2_i386.deb > dpkg --force-overwrite -i textut

Re: dist-upgrade problem with conflicting packages coreutils and shellutils

2002-09-29 Thread Gerhard Gaussling
Am Sonntag, 29. September 2002 21:23 schrieb Gerhard Gaussling: > What can I do now to progress with dist-upgrade. I did dpkg --force-overwrite -i shellutils_2.0.12-2_i386.deb dpkg --force-overwrite -i textutils_2.1-1_i386.deb Now the dist-upgrade is progressing. coreutils are only available in