Re: version mess, help needed

CW Harris wrote: Not an expert in apt management, so... On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 11:56:05AM -0300, Roberto Winter wrote: Hi again, doesn't the output from "apt-cache policy" guarantee that (see my first message)? I think it will *still* not downgrade a package that is already installed. Its primar

Re: version mess, help needed

Not an expert in apt management, so... On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 11:56:05AM -0300, Roberto Winter wrote: > Hi again, > doesn't the output from "apt-cache policy" guarantee that (see my > first message)? I think it will *still* not downgrade a package that is already installed. Its primary purpose

Re: version mess, help needed

Hi again, doesn't the output from "apt-cache policy" guarantee that (see my first message)? I mean, the "version table" I get relates the stable package and its location, but the unstable (or whatever that is!) is also there... The whole problem is that the installed version won't be downgraded to

Re: version mess, help needed

Hello, Well, there might be something wrong here, but this is what i get: $ apt-get dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Calculating Upgrade... Done 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. #

Re: version mess, help needed

Roberto Winter wrote: Hi, I'm trying to install libncurses5-dev an this is what I get: ## $ apt-get install libncurses5-dev Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an imposs

version mess, help needed

Hi, I'm trying to install libncurses5-dev an this is what I get: ## $ apt-get install libncurses5-dev Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if y