I have version 2.2 of Debian, running on a laptop. I recenty tried using dpkg to install the version of xlibs in "testing" and got the messages:
> dpkg: considering removing xlib6g in favour of xlibs ... > dpkg: no, cannot remove xlib6g (--auto-deconfigure will help): > aalib1 depends on xlib6g (>= 3.3.5) When I tried adding the auto-deconfigure option, I got: > dpkg: considering removing xlib6g in favour of xlibs ... > dpkg: yes, will remove xlib6g in favour of xlibs. > dpkg: /home/wichert/sources/dpkg-1.6.14/main/archives.c:601: > check_conflict: Assertion `fixbyrm->clientdata->istobe == itb_normal' > failed. I am tempted to try dpkg --remove xlib6g, but would like some assurance that this won't damage my system. Thanks for any help!