When you type apt-get -t unstable libc6 apt-get searches for the unstable lines on your sources.list file.
You'll have to add the unstable lines, mine are: deb ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb-src ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free The file you created, apt.conf, it's just to tell apt-get which branch to choose, stable or unstable. May tux wisdom be with you (in case penguins are intelligent, but that's another story) Chainy. El lun, 03-02-2003 a las 22:47, Joris Huizer escribió: > Hello Calber Chainy, > > Unfortunately the command "apt-get -t unstable libc6" > didn't do the job for me. I added the file > /etc/apt/apt.conf you decribed (I didn't have it there > so I created it) but it didn't do the trick. > > However, you're message made me think my understanding > of the apt-get program was not complete - so I had a > close look at the manual and found the following - you > can do this: (on apt-get v. 0.5.4) > > apt-get install libc6/stable > > which searches for a stable program of libc6. > > After doing this, I get another error: > > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet > dependencies: > libgtk1.2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5-13) but > 2.2.5-11.2 is to be installed > > Doing the same trick "apt-get install > libgtk1.2/stable" returns to the first status > > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet > dependencies: > libc6: Depends: libdb1-compat but it is not > installable > libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.2.5-11.2) but > 2.3.1-10 is to be installed > locales: Depends: glibc-2.2.5-11.2 > > Do you know how to solve this ? > > Thanks for the input so far, > > Joris > > --- Calber Chainy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know if this works for you or not, but it > > did for me. > > > > I have both stable and unstable lines in > > sources.list, also in /etc/apt > > I have a file called apt.conf with this only line: > > > > APT::Default-Release "stable"; > > > > Using apt-get -t unstable libc6 > > > > I installed libc6 from unstable, but only that > > package. > > > > Had no problems since then. > > > > Chainy. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]