First, I don't know where I should file this bug. Looking for suggestions on the list.
Second, any ideas on how to fix this problem? So, I have a system that was created(by debootstrap) between Feb 14 and May 10(dates taken from the libc6 changelog, based on the version installed). However, I can't upgrade to current unstable. This is really not acceptable to break upgrades so quickly. rescueparty:/home/doogie# apt-get install e2fsprogs Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: e2fslibs initscripts libblkid1 libc6 libuuid1 locales sysvinit The following NEW packages will be installed: e2fslibs initscripts libblkid1 libuuid1 4 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 213 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/9810kB of archives. After unpacking 2351kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential package e2fsprogs 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 e2fsprogs rescueparty:/home/doogie# apt-get install e2fsprogs -s -o APT::Force-LoopBreak=true Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: e2fslibs initscripts libblkid1 libc6 libuuid1 locales sysvinit The following NEW packages will be installed: e2fslibs initscripts libblkid1 libuuid1 4 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 213 not upgraded. Inst locales (2.3.5-6 Debian:unstable) [] Remv e2fsprogs (1.38-2 Debian:unstable) [sysvinit ] Inst libc6 (2.3.5-6 Debian:unstable) [sysvinit ] Conf libc6 (2.3.5-6 Debian:unstable) [sysvinit ] Inst libblkid1 (1.38-2 Debian:unstable) [sysvinit ] Conf libblkid1 (1.38-2 Debian:unstable) [sysvinit ] Inst libuuid1 (1.38-2 Debian:unstable) [sysvinit ] Conf libuuid1 (1.38-2 Debian:unstable) [sysvinit ] Inst initscripts (2.86.ds1-1.1 Debian:unstable) [sysvinit ] Conf initscripts broken Depends:e2fsprogs [sysvinit ] Inst sysvinit (2.86.ds1-1.1 Debian:unstable) [] Conf sysvinit (2.86.ds1-1.1 Debian:unstable) [] Inst e2fslibs (1.38-2 Debian:unstable) [] Conf e2fslibs (1.38-2 Debian:unstable) [] Inst e2fsprogs (1.38-2 Debian:unstable) Conf e2fsprogs (1.38-2 Debian:unstable) Conf locales (2.3.5-6 Debian:unstable) E: Conf Broken initscripts Here's a bit more detail: First, the set of installed packages and their versions. e2fsprogs 1.27-2 libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 locales 2.3.2.ds1-21 sysvinit 2.84-2woody1 Now, the important depends lines from the new versions(also trimmed to remove packages not nescessary for this analysis) Package: e2fslibs Version: 1.38-2 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1) Package: e2fsprogs Version: 1.38-2 Pre-Depends: e2fslibs (= 1.38-2), libblkid1 (>= 1.34-1), libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), libuuid1 (>= 1.34-1) Conflicts: initscripts (<< 2.85-4), sysvinit (<< 2.85-4) Package: libblkid1 Version: 1.38-2 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1) Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.5-6 Conflicts: e2fsprogs (<< 1.35-7) Package: libuuid1 Version: 1.38-2 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1) Package: locales Version: 2.3.5-6 Depends: glibc-2.3.5-3, debconf (>= 0.2.26) Conflicts: localebin, wg15-locale, i18ndata, locale-ja, locale-ko, locale-vi, locale-zh Package: sysvinit Version: 2.86.ds1-1.1 Depends: coreutils Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), initscripts, sysv-rc (>= 2.85-2) | file-rc (>> 0.7.0) Package: initscripts Version: 2.86.ds1-1.1 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), e2fsprogs (>= 1.19-1) So, let's analyze this a bit. All these packages(with the exception of locales and libc6 itself require a new libc6). So, libc6 needs to be upgraded. libc6, however, conflicts with the current version of e2fsprogs. This means it needs to be upgraded first. e2fsprogs pre-depends on several things(most likely because the package has been split). It also conflicts with the version of sysvinit installed. So, sysvinit has to be upgraded and configured first before e2fsprogs can be considered. sysvinit pre-depends on the newer libc6. However, since the newer libc6 conflicts with the existing e2fsprogs, we are in a loop, and apt complains. I'm not certain who to blame here. But this is very bad to have something like this occur. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]