apt-get/xscreensaver problem

2003-11-12 Thread Piers Kittel
Hello all Needed to do an apt-get update apt-get upgrade and it finished, but noted an error, so did an apt-get -f install, and get the following: desire:~# apt-get -f install Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra

Re: apt-get/xscreensaver problem

2003-11-12 Thread Marc Wilson
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 01:31:24PM +, Piers Kittel wrote: Needed to do an apt-get update apt-get upgrade and it finished, but noted an error, so did an apt-get -f install, and get the following: decription of conflict between official and unofficial package deleted So what am I doing

apt-get/xscreensaver problem

2003-11-12 Thread Piers Kittel
Marc, The unofficial package 'fireflies' is flawed. This is not Debian's fault. Remove it. It is not the responsibility of an official package to attempt to avoid conflicts with some hacked up unofficial package. desire:~# apt-get remove --purge fireflies Reading Package Lists... Done

Re: apt-get/xscreensaver problem

2003-11-12 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 03:10:20PM +, Piers Kittel wrote: Marc, The unofficial package 'fireflies' is flawed. This is not Debian's fault. Remove it. It is not the responsibility of an official package to attempt to avoid conflicts with some hacked up unofficial package. desire:~#

Re: apt-get/xscreensaver problem

2003-11-12 Thread James Strandboge
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 10:10, Piers Kittel wrote: Marc, The unofficial package 'fireflies' is flawed. This is not Debian's fault. Remove it. It is not the responsibility of an official package to attempt to avoid conflicts with some hacked up unofficial package. desire:~# apt-get