On So, 2011-04-17 at 15:01 +0100, Mark Hobley wrote: > > --- On Sun, 17/4/11, Julian Andres Klode <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Huh! I am trying to install apt, not iceweasel - Why > > is it doing this crap? > > You broke your system. Your system must not be broken. > > Maybe we need a switch here to say "only do the task at hand". (Don't try > fixing other packages here - just install apt). I am sure it never used to > try such stunts before.
APT needs a non-broken system in order to work. Smart does not have this requirement as far as I know, so you can use it instead if you are bored by correctness. > > > Preparing to replace apt 0.8.14.1 (using > > .../apt_0.8.14.1_i386.deb) ... > > > Unpacking replacement apt ... > > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of > > apt: > > > apt depends on libstdc++6 (>= 4.5); however: > > > Version of libstdc++6 on system is > > 4.4.5-10. > > > dpkg: error processing apt (--install): > > > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > > > Processing triggers for man-db ... > > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > > apt > > > > > > Ok. > > More broken system. > > Should the installation have taken place here? If the dependencies are not > met, then I would have expected this not to install (unless I use a --force > option). It was only unpacked. Policy says: "A package will not be configured unless all of the packages listed in its Depends field have been correctly configured (unless there is a circular dependency as described above)." As the package was not configured, everything is correct. PS. Please wrap your lines after about 70 characters, everything else is just barely readable and more important unquotable. -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
