[ubuntu-za] dpkg returned an error code (1)

[David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk)]

David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk) wrote:
> Lee Sharp wrote:
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>> David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk) wrote:
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>>> Lee Sharp wrote:
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>>>> David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk) wrote:
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>>>>> Hi Wez,
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>>>>> Thanks. I couldn't remove mxit-libpurple. Aptitude was stuck in a 
>>>>> puzzle.  First solution didn't work. Tried second solution. Had to 
>>>>> downgrade the package then upgrade. All fine now. Would you call this a 
>>>>> bug on the MixIt side? They obviously writing code in complete isolation 
>>>>> from Pidgin?
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>>>> I have been seeing a lot of these dependency problems the last few 
>>>> months...  There is a bug, but I am not sure where.
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>>>> 			Lee
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>>> A visualizer or some way to graphically see what is going on in the 
>>> system might help us solve these dependency problems. It's probably a 
>>> bug in dpkg.
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>> I can see it in Synaptic.  In Update Manager or "apt-get upgrade" it 
>> will fail, and in Synaptic it will remove and add the same package 
>> rather than upgrade.  I have seen this several times.
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>> 			Lee
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> Yes we can see it, but we can't see the relatedness of the whole system. 
> What I want is a visualisation or abstraction of the entire setup to see 
> where various projects are building and what the likely outcome of all 
> this code is going to be. For example, which projects are bulking up, 
> and which ones are making good use of resources. I know all of this can 
> be seen in various ways, but nothing in a holistic way.
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> -DRL
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Just a note: Version control in a system that is upgrading from ppas, 
with no intelligent means of understanding what the user intends or what 
the "manufacturer" consideres "safe". Wish there was something in store 
to deal with the future.

Happy reconciliation day anyways.

DRL