On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 15:08:33 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Package: x11-common, xserver-xorg > Version: 7.0.22, 7.0.22 > [snip] > > It is not possible to upgrade these packages without either > (a) deinstalling nearly the entire system or (b) using a --force > option to dpkg to force violation of the declared dependencies. > > (a) is absurd and (b) should not be necessary (dependencies > which should be violated shouldn't be declared by the packages). > (c) using aptitude (or maybe apt-get) which can upgrade these packages without problems.
The upgrade works if you upgrade a bunch of packages together, not one by one. I don't think upgrades using only dpkg are supported. Cheers, Julien
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