On Sunday 17 January 2016 10:21:38 Slávek Banko wrote:
On Sunday 17 of January 2016 10:14:14 Chris Graham wrote:
Wheezy and Jessie/testing 7.2.. Have same prob with Mint 15 and verious 2 year old Ubuntus.
It's not the fault of Trinity devs at all that I can tell. Yes, I do mess with repos and possibly make mistakes that way.
It's a "feature" of later Wheezy versions of apt-get. Somebody decided that Debian needed to be "cleaned up" every time you install something, and based on researching this on Debian messageboards, the majority insist on believing this is a good idea. Tough luck for me I guess.
So, for example, if I try to upgrade my totally obsolete Iceweasel or Firefox, apt-get will insist on removing Trinity, Xorg and countless other vitally important items. In fact, I can't install or upgrade anything now.
Package kdesktop na 3.5.13.2 has a strict dependency on a specific version of binutils. When mixing distribution versions can easily occur attempt to upgrade binutils and then the problem is obvious.
So Chris could probably just pin binutils. It seems a pity to slag off Debian developers and apt-get because he likes to run a mixed system that doesn't felicitously mix. I always use aptitude anyway, except if I am explicitly told not for an upgrade. It is so nice and chatty!
Lisi