Long before submitting the bug report, I changed my sources.list to the following:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org etch/updates main contrib non-free deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org sarge/updates main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US sarge/non-US main contrib non-free But the problem persisted. It never occured to me that some way old packages from backports.org could be out-versioning etch-current packages. It was a lot of trouble to get those stinking packages off my system and get back to normal, but finally it works. Thanks very much for your insight. Cheers, a On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 09:27:07PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the bind9 package: > > #443894: bind9 package removed on update/upgrade > > It has been closed by Julien Cristau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is > unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate > message then please contact Julien Cristau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> by replying > to this email. > > Debian bug tracking system administrator > (administrator, Debian Bugs database) > > Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:23:59 +0200 > From: Julien Cristau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Andrew Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Bug#443894: bind9 package removed on update/upgrade > X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.22-2-686 i686 > User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 14:08:02 -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote: > > > Currently if you update your etch system, bind9 package is removed! > > This happened on our firewall/router/server machine, rendering DNS > > support for the whole network inoperable. > > > > bind9 depends on specific versions of libraries from the bind9 source > > package that aren't available anymore. Hence dselect and/or apt will > > remove it! I don't know if the newer library packages are the result > > of NMUs or what, but they aren't there in, say, x86_64 distribution, > > only i386. > > > > Here is the current Package paragraph from bind9: > > > > Package: bind9 > > Priority: optional > > Section: net > > Installed-Size: 764 > > Maintainer: LaMont Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Architecture: i386 > > Version: 1:9.3.4-2etch1 > > Replaces: bind, dnsutils (<< 1:9.1.0-3) > > Depends: libbind9-0, libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), libdns22, libisc11, libisccc0, > > libisccfg1, liblwres9, libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8c-1), netbase, adduser, > > libdns22 (= 1:9.3.4-2etch1), libisccfg1 (= 1:9.3.4-2etch1), libisc11 (= > > 1:9.3.4-2etch1), libisccc0 (= 1:9.3.4-2etch1), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) > > > > but the currently available version of libdns22 is > > Version: 1:9.3.4-2etch2~bpo.1 > > > > so I'm out of luck trying to install bind9. > > > This looks like a local apt configuration problem trying to mix > packages from backports.org and security.debian.org. > > libdns22 1:9.3.4-2etch1 is available on all architectures from > security.d.o (and from proposed-updates on the mirrors). > > Cheers, > Julien > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
