[Dx-packages] [Bug 1267665] [NEW] Unable to upgrade Unity due to libxi6 dependency

2014-01-09 Thread Andy Smith
Public bug reported: As of Thursday 9th January I am unable to upgrade packages without being offered to remove unity and Ubuntu desktop: http://paste.ubuntu.com/6723064/ apt-get install ubuntu-desktop^ complains that a version of libxi6 is to be installed which doesn't meet unity's

[Dx-packages] [Bug 1267665] Re: Unable to upgrade Unity due to libxi6 dependency

2014-01-09 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Dmitri, Thanks, that appears to have fixed it. Content of /etc/apt/preferences was: http://paste.ubuntu.com/6724511/ I have no recollection of ever having personally edited that file, but it is possible. After removing it and doing an apt-get update, I was offered a large number of