reassign 501855 apt 0.7.14 thanks On 2008-10-11 10:20 +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 6:59 AM, Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 2008-10-11 03:44 +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote: >> >>> Package: upgrade-reports >>> Severity: normal >> >> I'm afraid the severity might have to be bumped to grave if other >> people see this problem as well. >> >>> I'm trying to upgrade a fresh Etch install to Lenny. I've hit a speedbump, >>> it seems, see below. >>> How should I (or a normal user) solve this? >>> >>> Olaf >>> >>> # aptitude full-upgrade >> [snip] >>> E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential >>> package initscripts due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad, >>> but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option. >>> E: Internal Error, Could not early remove initscripts >> >> Can you please try "aptitude -s install initscripts"? That might give >> an idea which package is causing the dependency loop. > > # aptitude -s install initscripts > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Reading extended state information > Initializing package states... Done > Reading task descriptions... Done > The following packages are BROKEN: > initscripts > The following packages will be upgraded: > libselinux1 libsepol1 sysvinit-utils > 4 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 230 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B/347kB of archives. After unpacking 102kB will be used. > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > initscripts: Conflicts: insserv (< 1.09.0-12) but 1.08.0-11 is > installed and it is kept back. > The following actions will resolve these dependencies: > > Upgrade the following packages: > insserv [1.08.0-11 (now) -> 1.12.0-4 (testing)] > > Score is 120 > > Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] > The following packages will be upgraded: > initscripts insserv libselinux1 libsepol1 sysvinit-utils > 5 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 229 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B/413kB of archives. After unpacking 426kB will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] > Would download/install/remove packages. Hm, that looks fairly normal. Probably it would work if you upgrade initscripts before the full-upgrade. However, it does not explain why apt wanted to temporarily remove initscripts in the first place. This looks like a bug in apt, reassigning. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]