On Sunday 17 January 2016 10:21:38 Sl�vek Banko wrote:
> 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.

So Chris could probably just pin binutils.  It seems a pity to slag off Debian 
developers and apt-get because he likes to run a mixed system that doesn't 
felicitously mix.  I always use aptitude anyway, except if I am explicitly 
told not for an upgrade.  It is so nice and chatty!

Lisi