upgrade solves other issues?

[Christian Wolf]

Hello,

Am Dienstag, 8. April 2014, 02:44:10 schrieb John R. Sowden:
> [...]
> below is a synaptic error message after trying to "fix broken packages"
> 
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be
> caused by held packages.
> 
> E: Unable to correct dependencies
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> 
> E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be
> caused by held packages.
> 
> Below is an apt-get error message after running apt-get build-essential:
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   build-essential : Depends: gcc (>= 4:4.4.3) but it is not going to be
> installed
>                     Depends: g++ (>= 4:4.4.3) but it is not going to be
> installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> [...]

maybe you can use `aptitude why-not <packagename>` with gcc and g++ to get 
more information. I am unsure if it displays any informativ information as you 
have indeet installed a version of them. Thus it might be necessary to give 
some command line options... (I do not have a system in you state and thus 
cannot check myself)

Much luck!
-- 
Grüße
Christian Wolf