On Sat, 23 May 2009 16:38 -0700, [email protected] wrote: > Just installed lenny (5.0.0) from CD. For some > reason, aptitude did not get installed. Tried > to install it, but it had unmet dependencies. > > -------------- > # apt-get install aptitude > [snip] > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > aptitude: Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6-4.6 > Depends: libept0 (>= 0.5.22) but it is > not going to be installed > -------------- > > libept0 also depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6-4.6 > which is a virtual package provided by apt. When I > looked at apt I discovered that version > 0.7.20.2+squeeze1 was installed. > > Web research showed that people had a similar > problem, but with testing, and the solution was to > downgrade apt. I downgraded apt to 0.7.20.2+lenny1 > and was then able to install aptitude. > > So why did I have a +squeeze1 pkg on a lenny box? > After the reboot that finishes the install I went > to edit /etc/apt/sources.list and was surprise to > find that it was wonky. No standard repository was > there, the security entry pointed to squeeze and > the volatile entry was improperly formatted. > > I've used this same CD and the same mirror > (mirror.peer1.net) to install 4 or 5 other machines > recently, and this is the first time I've seen > squeeze weirdness on a lenny install. Should I > report this, and if so, against what package?
[Replying to my own post as I seem to have deleted the reply I wanted to respond to.] I would like to work with developers to see if this bug can be reproduced and work out a solution, but it will have to wait until I have another system. Can't afford the downtime on the system that displayed this behaviour. willy -- [email protected] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
