Re: what can be done with broken packages

2003-01-13 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 12:21:39AM +0100, Roland Wegmann wrote: | What does a broken package mean? I believe that if a preinst/postinst script fails the package will be considered broken (in addition to forcing the dependencies to be broken). | And how can I made a package 'unbroken'? apt-g

Re: what can be done with broken packages

2003-01-12 Thread Travis Crump
Roland Wegmann wrote: Hi I installed aptitude and therefore find out that I have some broken packages on my debian powerpc box (testing). cpp-2.95, perl, perl-base, libstdc++2.10-glibc2.10 What does a broken package mean? And how can I made a package 'unbroken'? Kind regards, Roland [EMAIL PR

Re: what can be done with broken packages

2003-01-12 Thread sean finney
hiya, something quick to try is apt-get -f install if it looks like it might fix it, go for it! good luck sean On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 12:21:39AM +0100, Roland Wegmann wrote: > Hi > > I installed aptitude and therefore find out that I have some broken > packages on my debian powerpc

Re: what can be done with broken packages

2003-01-12 Thread Seneca
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 12:21:39AM +0100, Roland Wegmann wrote: > I installed aptitude and therefore find out that I have some broken > packages on my debian powerpc box (testing). > > cpp-2.95, perl, perl-base, libstdc++2.10-glibc2.10 > > What does a broken package mean? And how can I made a pa

what can be done with broken packages

2003-01-12 Thread Roland Wegmann
Hi I installed aptitude and therefore find out that I have some broken packages on my debian powerpc box (testing). cpp-2.95, perl, perl-base, libstdc++2.10-glibc2.10 What does a broken package mean? And how can I made a package 'unbroken'? Kind regards, Roland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBS