Re: [linux-audio-user] music apps being removed with Sarge/Etch updates

On Tuesday 25 October 2005 21:14, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 13:59 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote:
> > Nigel Henry wrote:
> > > Hi. The latest updates on my Debian Sarge/Etch (on the testing repo)
> > > are wanting to remove. Cheesetracker (libsigc++ deps) , Wavemixer, and
> > > Seq24. Now I use, or more precisely, am trying to use Cheesetracker, so
> > > don't want to
> >
> > try aptitude, it explains why it wants to remove packages,
> >
> > I follow unstable and if it wants to remove something I like I just
> > don't upgrade for some time (like now they are upgrading c++ and kde so
> > it's pretty messy), the turmoils are fairly infrequent
>
> Another option is to let it remove the packages then force install them
> afterwards. Not pretty but it often works.
>
> Lee

Hi Lee. I think I'll go for your option. It's not like I don't have
Cheesetracker on another distro, and if it all goes pearshaped, well so be
it.

It does seem like the 3 audio apps it wants to remove are all tied in with
libsigc++-1.2-5c102, which is being upgraded to libsigc++-5c2. Presumably
it's only these 3 audio apps that are being affected by this change. Amsynth
also requires libsigc++ according to my notes on FC2 deps, but looking at
synaptic options/deps for amsynth on my Debian Sarge/Etch install, this says
it's for a different version of libsigc++ (libsigc++0c102).

 I'll go for it. It will pass the time. Thanks for the advice. Nigel.

ps: I hope Linux distro's arn't going the way of MS Windows XP & the notorious
app trashing service pack 2. But saying that, at least Debian have the
decency to tell you before you upgrade, which app's they're going to trash.
Received on Wed Oct 26 04:15:10 2005