helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006:06:05:09:38:40+0200] scribed: > <snip /> > >> Better don't mix sarge and etch. That can confuse apt. > <snip /> > > Where can I read up on the ramifications of this? > > On this very list, I was advised to use sarge to get kde onto my system. > My understanding of apt, preferences and pinning -- although a meager > understanding -- is that "mixing" issues can be mitigated. > > What am I missing?
That sarge and etch/sid have the same package/version but different md5sum because all packages got rebuild. You can end up with apt-get upgrading a package again and again every time you upgrade. >> Maybe the previous apt-get update call just fetched a broken >> Release.gpg file and thus failed to authenticate the mirror. Believe >> it or not, that happens far too often. Now, after the next mirror >> pulse has corrected the problem, you got a working one and the problem >> disapeared. > > OK. Is it fair to suppose that I am not a lazy moron; and that this is > a fair explanation; rather than that I do not fully understand the > subject error message? You just didn't read the previous error message when you run apt-get update. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]