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List:       debian-hurd
Subject:    Re: Can't install man-db
From:       "Javier Vasquez" <jevv.cr () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-11-21 0:48:40
Message-ID: c88cc5730711201648j1ea46fe9q2dff950047d15618 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Nov 20, 2007 6:44 PM, Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 06:38:31PM -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote:
> > I tried to install man-db, so I could use "man", but I found dependency issues:
> >
> > # apt-get install man-db
> > ...
> >    man-db:  Depends:  bsdmainutils but it is not going to be installed
> >
> > # apt-get install bsdmainutils
> > ...
> >    bsdmainutils:  Conflicts:  bsdutils (< 1:2.13-10) but
> > 1:2.12-3+hurd.2 is to be installed
> >
> > So it seems I can't get "man" to work, :(...
>
> That's a general issue right now until util-linux (from which
> [ironically] bsdutils is from) is fully ported.
>
> The story behind this is probably an unfortunate move of a binary from
> bsdutils to bsdmaintutils, which made those conflicts necessary.
>
>
> Michael

I see...  No luck then, just a matter of patience from user perspective...


-- 
Javier


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