[Gllug] Weird dependency problem in Debian Etch

[Peter Childs]

On 15/02/07, John Winters <john at sinodun.org.uk> wrote:
> I've hit a dependency problem on a Debian Etch box and I don't
> understand why it doesn't affect all my boxes.
>
> A number of packages are involved, but to strip out just one chain of
> dependencies:
>
> debconf-i18n            depends on
> libtext-iconv-perl      which depends on
> perlapi-5.8.8           which doesn't exist
>
> On one box I am getting the dependency problems which I would expect,
> but on all my others I seem to have the first two packages installed
> without the 3rd one (breaking the dependency rules) and nothing
> complains.  Why?
>
> TIA,
> John
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New dependency? have they all got the same version of the libraries
installed? Its just a guess but if a new dependency appears that
debian can not resolve it can ignore the update.... I think, its a
good theory form personal experience.

Peter Childs
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