Re: trouble installing ruby in etch

2007-10-19 Thread Gordon Pedersen
On 10/19/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/19/2007 10:45 AM, Gordon Pedersen wrote: > > On 10/19/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 10/18/2007 10:47 PM, Gordon Pedersen wrote: > >>> [...] > >>> ...except, why were testing packages favored over stable? > >> By default, a

Re: trouble installing ruby in etch

2007-10-19 Thread Mumia W..
On 10/19/2007 10:45 AM, Gordon Pedersen wrote: On 10/19/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/18/2007 10:47 PM, Gordon Pedersen wrote: [...] ...except, why were testing packages favored over stable? By default, apt-get wants to install later versions of packages, so if it sees both li

Re: trouble installing ruby in etch

2007-10-19 Thread Gordon Pedersen
On 10/19/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/18/2007 10:47 PM, Gordon Pedersen wrote: > > [...] > > ...except, why were testing packages favored over stable? > > By default, apt-get wants to install later versions of packages, so if > it sees both libc6 2.6.1 and libc6 2.3.6, apt-get w

Re: trouble installing ruby in etch

2007-10-19 Thread Mumia W..
On 10/18/2007 10:47 PM, Gordon Pedersen wrote: [...] ...except, why were testing packages favored over stable? That is interesting but not crucial to answer. [...] By default, apt-get wants to install later versions of packages, so if it sees both libc6 2.6.1 and libc6 2.3.6, apt-get will pre

Re: trouble installing ruby in etch

2007-10-18 Thread Gordon Pedersen
On 10/18/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is it possible to install ruby wholly within debian stable at this > > moment in time? > > > > When I try, it appears that the following dependency chain > > > > ruby -> ruby1.8 -> libruby1.8 -> libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) [i386] > > > > leads ap

Re: trouble installing ruby in etch

2007-10-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/18/07 18:46, Gordon Pedersen wrote: > I'm running a fairly fresh install of etch (4.0r1). > > Is it possible to install ruby wholly within debian stable at this > moment in time? > > When I try, it appears that the following dependency chain >

trouble installing ruby in etch

2007-10-18 Thread Gordon Pedersen
I'm running a fairly fresh install of etch (4.0r1). Is it possible to install ruby wholly within debian stable at this moment in time? When I try, it appears that the following dependency chain ruby -> ruby1.8 -> libruby1.8 -> libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) [i386] leads apt-get to want to install package