From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mel-rto6.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-6.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.25]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18AB14834 for ; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 16:24:18 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <3D30A926.8020509@wanadoo.fr> Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 00:26:46 +0200 From: eddantes@wanadoo.fr MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frank Alden Smith Cc: parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] locales held back References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Frank Alden Smith wrote: > hi, > > For the last two days I've been told by apt-get upgrade that the locales > package has been held back. Today I decided to try apt-get install > locales with this result: > > puccini:~# apt-get install locales > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > > Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that > the package is simply not installable and a bug report against > that package should be filed. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > locales: Depends: glibc-2.2.5-8 but it is not installable > E: Sorry, broken packages > > Any, idea how I can resolve the problem, or must I just be patient until > the broken glibc-2.2.5-8 is fixed? > > Take care, > frank That's a pretty common situation in Debian Sid (unstable), especially between locales and glibc. I've seen it happen qui a lot of times, but it's just harmless. This situation will end in a few days, just let time to package maintainers to do their job and release correcly compiled and packaged software. /Dantes