Hoary Hosed: synaptic in dependency hell

[Peter Garrett]

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:27:14 -0700
"Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/20/05, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 7/20/05, Xavier Poinsard <xpoinsard at openpricer.com> wrote:
> > > Kevin O'Gorman a écrit :
> > > > My Warty never made it all the way to Hoary.  The problem of most
> > > > pressing importance
> > > > is that synaptic is complaining so much I cannot tell what is working
> > > > and what is not when
> > > > How do I clear this up, so that I can go about my business?
> > > >
> > >
> > > did you try "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" ?
> > 
> > No.  I don't remember ever hearing or reading about it.  I'm trying it now, and
> > will report results.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> Results were poor.  Here's part of what I got.  Unfortunately, I don't know what
> it takes to do the "configuration" that seems required.
> 
> 
> Setting up xfsprogs (2.6.20-1) ...
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-base:
>  ubuntu-base depends on at; however:
>   Package at is not configured yet.
>  ubuntu-base depends on mailx; however:
>   Package mailx is not configured yet.
>  ubuntu-base depends on mutt; however:
>   Package mutt is not configured yet.
>  ubuntu-base depends on postfix; however:
>   Package postfix is not configured yet.
>  ubuntu-base depends on postfix-tls; however:
>   Package postfix-tls is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing ubuntu-base (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

It might be worth posting your " /etc/apt/sources.list "  file ...
If you are sure the file is OK: - Have you tried 

sudo apt-get -f install   # without any packages - just the command, as at left of the "#"

?

Peter