On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 09:39:13PM +0000, Philip Blundell wrote: > There is no point just trying to pin the blame on arbitrary packages. > The fact that libstdc++2.10-dev won't configure is a symptom of the > problem, not the cause.
I don't consider "package that failed install" arbitrary. > > > > First significant bug is: > > > > > > > > Preparing to replace libstdc++2.10-dev 1:2.95.2-13 (using > > > > .../libstdc++2.10-dev_1%3a2.95.4-1_i386.deb) ... > > > > perl: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.2' not found (required by > > > > /lib/libdb.so.3) > > It's fairly clear that this failure is caused by incompatible versions > of libdb2 and libc6 having been installed. And, sure enough, a few > lines higher up in your log you will see: > > Unpacking replacement libdb2-dev ... > Replacing files in old package libc6-dev ... > Preparing to replace libdb2-util 2:2.4.14-2.7.7.1.c (using > .../libdb2-util_2%3a2.7.7.0-3.1_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement libdb2-util ... > Preparing to replace libdb2 2:2.4.14-2.7.7.1.c (using > .../libdb2_2%3a2.7.7.0-3.1_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement libdb2 ... > Replacing files in old package libc6 ... > > I suggest you try reassigning the bug to libdb2. > > p. > The other lines wern't errors, and if you require the package to be configured before your package can be configured you need a pre-depend rather than a depend. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html "Text is a way we cheat time." -- Patrick Nielsen Hayden