-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Joe Emenaker wrote:
[snip] > ----- Broken Required packages ----- > ------- Broken Required packages in section base ------- > RC** Req base ldso 1.9.2-3 1.9.4-1 > U** Req base libc5 5.4.33-5 5.4.33-5 The Linux C > U** Req base libreadline2 2.1-2.1 2.1-2.1 GNU readline and > U** Req base libreadlineg 2.1-2.1 2.1-2.1 GNU readline and > RI** Req base makedev 1.6-13 1.6-14 Creates special > RC** Req base modutils 2.1.34-6 2.1.34-7 Linux module > C** Req base ncurses3.0 1.9.9e-2 1.9.9e-2 Old libc5 curses > C** Req base ncurses3.4 1.9.9g-3 1.9.9g-3 Video terminal > ----- Broken Standard packages ----- > ------- Broken Standard packages in section admin ------- > C** Std admin ncurses-term 1.9.9g-3 1.9.9g-3 Video terminal > ------- Broken Standard packages in section base ------- > U** Std base libgdbm1 1.7.3-22 1.7.3-22 GNU dbm database > ------- Broken Standard packages in section devel ------- > RC** Std devel gcc 2.7.2.2-5 2.7.2.2-6 The GNU C > U** Std devel libc5-altdev 5.4.33-5 5.4.33-5 The Linux C > C-- Std devel libg++27-dev 2.7.2.1-9 2.7.2.1-9 The GNU C++ > RI** Std devel libg++272-db 2.7.2.5-1 2.7.2.5-2 The GNU C++ Here is where knowing how to use dpkg comes in handy. At this point I would try installing libc5, and forget about libc6 so that I could get a working machine once again. Try: dpkg -i /var/path/to/libc_debian-file.deb The ususal place (via ftp) is: /var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/debian/stable/binary-i386/base/ Take note of what dpkg complains and attempt to download those particulars files by hand, and install them the same way. Once you have fixed up libc5 and ld.so you could then switch back to using dselect and see if that helps to fix the problem. However I've often found that dselect will just it things wrong, and muck the system up again and normally would use dpkg until dselect reported no problems and then continue with it. Good luck, Anand. - -- `When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know," the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives' -- Robert A Heinlein, "If this goes on --" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBM97v9GRmcAD8BdppAQEGMgP9E26wc5PU3uuthg9NPQhQcxSbejthXGBf p2TJXpOU0pMDi+vKpeINoJDpwz/PM9GV7UInf1qFBwhy/KzbaeAAdhIDeuk6aNZX 38OTxl7ssbL+bB30zqDrVfMPdwUeYyi4X17V3pJnx4P6sUu8p15/TubgE71yPoAs FxGbdfm73RI= =H75C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .