Debian's dependency system NEVER made any sense. Seen today on my Debian/i386 system:
bombur:~/aac-plugin-for-xmms# dpkg --install autoconf_2.59-5_all.deb Selecting previously deselected package autoconf. dpkg: regarding autoconf_2.59-5_all.deb containing autoconf: autoconf conflicts with autoconf2.13 (<< 2.13-47) autoconf2.13 (version 2.13-43) is installed. dpkg: error processing autoconf_2.59-5_all.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing autoconf Errors were encountered while processing: autoconf_2.59-5_all.deb bombur:~/aac-plugin-for-xmms# dpkg --purge autoconf dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of autoconf: autoconf2.13 depends on autoconf (>= 2.50). dpkg: error processing autoconf (--purge): dependency problems - not removing Errors were encountered while processing: autoconf bombur:~/aac-plugin-for-xmms# Yes-- to install or remove autoconf 2.13, I had to first install autoconf 2.5. Or that's what the dependency checker gnomes told me. On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:17:27 +0400 > From: Nikita V. Youshchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: GOTO Masanori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-sparc@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Bug#258647: libc6-sparc64 has no reason to depend on > lib64gcc1 > Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:33:23 -0500 (CDT) > Resent-From: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > At Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:51:14 +0400, > > > > Nikita V. Youshchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Package: libc6-sparc64 > > > Version: 2.3.2.ds1-13 > > > > > > Package libc6-sparc64 has no reason to depend on lib64gcc1. None of > > > libraries provided by libc6-sparc64 are linked agains this library. > > > > The problem is they don't need to be installed on sparc environment > > always. > > I can't understang how that's related to depending on lib64gcc1. > > None of libc6 packages on other architectures depends on libgcc packages. > And libc6-s390x on s390 does not depend on lib64gcc1. > > There is no reason for libc6 to depend on libgcc. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFA8h7rsTbPknTfAB4RAvWkAJwLpy7qMC3TbEs82Kt3FX0vh9zuRwCeOmaY > cpfgFRN9L+t8AUdVfPkOn24= > =emas > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Jessica L. Blank, Systems Administrator, twu.net Please avoid sending me Word, Excel or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html