-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/11/08 22:47, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > Hi Ron. > > On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 22:16 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> Since weeks I can't update debian sid as apt-get always wants to remove >>> gnome: >> I have to ask: do you "apt-get update"? > > Of course I did :)
I figured you did... >> Try upgrading a handful of packages at a time. That will show you >> where the problem is. "apt-show-packages -u | sort" is handy. > > I couldn't find 'apt-show-packages' - even google only lists six pages > when searching for 'apt-show-packages': > http://www.google.com/search?q=apt-show-packages > > Where can I find it? Oops. It's apt-show-versions. > Is there some way to list the package dependencies used when trying to > upgrade debian? Having a dependency tree it should be easy to > understand why apt-get always wants to uninstall gnome. Upgrading a few GNOME packages should lead you to the culprit. > Thanks for your answer, Dietrich - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIUKzaS9HxQb37XmcRAq1iAJ98+RFVcVd8cRlsusx/p+/3sq+qRQCeMiDJ Q0XbAlTuuuKL2BgogP1j1j8= =1C/+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
