Hello, On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:43:39PM +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > Package: piuparts > Version: 0.45 > Severity: normal > > For the partial distributions (experimental, backports) dependency > solution is more complicated because one probably needs to mix the > packages from the base distribution (sid, squeeze) with the addon > distribution (experimental, squeeze-backports), sometimes it's > neccessary to get packages from the base instead of the addon ... and > apt-get does a bad job in that respect. IIRC pbuilder and sbuild have a > better way to solve dependencies in this case. > > These partial distros are meant for cherry-picking, not newer-is-better > as apt does it.
have you tried to use apt with an external solver? One of the reasons for having these external solvers is precisely that they do not eliminate potential solutions, but do a complete search among all theoretical possibilities. This requires installing the packages "apt-cudf", and one external solver, for instance "aspcud". Then you can install stuff like this: apt-get install --solver aspcud package1 package2 ... Documentation is still incomplete, but see for instance http://www.dicosmo.org/MyOpinions/index.php/2012/05/24/122-using-external-solvers-with-apt-get-in-wheezy -Ralf. -- Ralf Treinen Laboratoire Preuves, Programmes et Systèmes Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France. http://www.pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~treinen/ =====> New email address: trei...@pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr <===== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
