[PLUG] apt-get and old sources

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@diderot.purple.com>]

I while ago I decided to try to install ximiam gnome on my potato
machine. Mistake. I eventually, with list help, figured out how to
make things workable again.

Nonetheless, there are a few ximian packages in various states on my
machine. Most don't bother me. One prevents the install of mozilla
(see [1] below). The other, of issue today, is that I have a bad
version of pilot-link available and am trying to figure out how to get
back to 0.9.3 when ximian has told dpkg that 0.9.5pre5 is more
current.

Ximian is not in my sources.list, but the ximian knowledge persists,
rather annoyingly. This has also prevented me from running any version
of gnome properly.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

-Jeff


The pilot-link thing is thus (0.9.3 is stable, 0.9.5 is probably ok
but not listed, 0.9.5-0pre3 has a bad bug, confirmed on the web):

diderot:/home/jeff# apt-cache showpkg pilot-link
Package: pilot-link
Versions: 0.9.5-0pre3-ximian.1(/var/lib/dpkg/status),0.9.3-3(/var/state/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages)(/var/state/apt/lists/Debian%20GNU_Linux%202.2%20r2%20%5fPotato%5f%20-%20Official%20i386%20Binary-1%20(20001207)_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages),
Reverse Depends: 
  xcopilot,pilot-link
  pose,pilot-link
  pyrite,pilot-link
  prc-tools,pilot-link
  pilot-manager,pilot-link
  pilot-link-perl,pilot-link
  jpilot,pilot-link
  imgvtopgm,pilot-link
Dependencies: 
0.9.5-0pre3-ximian.1 - libc6 (2 2.1.2) libpisock3 (0 (null)) libstdc++2.10 (0 (null)) 
0.9.3-3 - libc6 (2 2.1.2) libpisock3 (0 (null)) libstdc++2.10 (0 (null)) 
Provides: 
0.9.5-0pre3-ximian.1 - 
0.9.3-3 - 
Reverse Provides: 
diderot:/home/jeff# 


[1] The mozilla thing is

diderot:/home/jeff# apt-get install mozilla
...
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
  mozilla: Depends: libnspr4 (= M18-3) but 2:0.9.1-ximian.4 is to be installed
E: Sorry, broken packages
diderot:/home/jeff#

-- 
 Jeff

 Jeff Abrahamson  <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>



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