[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert L. Harris) wrote: >Who's the python maintainer? I was trying to install python so I could >install hostsentry and I get this: > >{0}:wally:/usr/local/abacus/hostsentry>apt-get install python >Reading Package Lists... Done >Building Dependency Tree... Done >Note, selecting python-base instead of python >Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have >requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable >distribution that some required packages have not yet been created >or been moved out of Incoming. > >Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that >the package is simply not installable and a bug report against >that package should be filed. >The following information may help to resolve the situation: > >Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > python-base: Depends: libdb1.85 but it is not installable >E: Sorry, broken packages
libdb1.85 is the database library for libc5, and libdb2 is the equivalent for libc6 (I understand). This has now been fixed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ zcat /usr/doc/python-base/changelog.Debian.gz | head -5 python (1.5.2-9) frozen unstable; urgency=high * Fixing a grave bug: Recompiled with libc6 2.1.3-6 to fix broken dependency on libdb1.85 which hosed the upgrade (closes: #59967, #60029, #60033, #60112). -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]