On Saturday 06 December 2008 07:33:34 David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
Online update triggered a rather ugly dependency problem:
Package Dependencies Problems
java-1_6_0-sun-debuginfo-1.6.0.u7-1.1.x86_64 requires java-1_6_0-sun = 1.6.0.u7-1.1, but this r..
Possible Solutions [ ] deinstallation of java-1_6_0-sun-debuginfo-1.6.0.u7-1.1.x86_64 [ ] do not install patch:java-1_4_2-sun-299.noarch [ ] Ignore some dependencies of java-1_6_0-sun-debuginfo
The choices don't look too good. What is the problem here? I don't think I have installed any funny java packages:
David, This may or may not relate to bugzilla 447986; not exactly the same, but as you'll see in the comments/discussion on the bug report it touches on the same issues. The question is whether patches should have dependencies/conflicts (the general consensus is that they should not)... -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au ===================================================