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Re: [trinity-users] Who are using 3.5.13.x series?

From: Slávek Banko <slavek.banko@...>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 11:21:38 +0100
On Sunday 17 of January 2016 10:14:14 Chris Graham wrote:
> Wheezy and Jessie/testing 7.2.. Have same prob with Mint 15 and
> verious 2 year old Ubuntus.
>
> It's not the fault of Trinity devs at all that I can tell. Yes, I do mess
> with repos and possibly make mistakes that way.
>
> It's a "feature" of later Wheezy versions of apt-get. Somebody decided
> that Debian needed to be "cleaned up" every time you install something,
> and based on researching this on Debian messageboards, the majority
> insist on believing this is a good idea. Tough luck for me I guess.
>
> So, for example, if I try to upgrade my totally obsolete Iceweasel or
> Firefox, apt-get will insist on removing Trinity, Xorg and countless other
> vitally important items. In fact, I can't install or upgrade anything now.

Package kdesktop na 3.5.13.2 has a strict dependency on a specific version of 
binutils. When mixing distribution versions can easily occur attempt to 
upgrade binutils and then the problem is obvious.

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Sl�vek