On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 06:36:56AM -0800, grey Moon-Wolf wrote: > Could you please explain, how does it clear itself up > in "a day or two"? Debian currently maintains three versions, all of which are publically- accessible: unstable (sid) - The latest and greatest. Package maintainers are updating it daily to make fixes or include new features from the upstream source. Despite the name, it's generally pretty solid and if any killer problems are introduced (such as Carl's g++ dependency problem), users invariably find them quickly (a lot of people run unstable on non-critical boxes) and they're generally fixed by the package maintainers the next day. testing (woody) - Testing was just introduced within the last couple of months. Packages are automatically copied from unstable to testing when they meet certain criteria, including having gone 2 weeks without being changed, not having any critical bugs, and having all dependencies present in testing. This 2-week delay smooths out most of the problems that pop up in unstable, but it's not quite as current. stable (potato) - The latest official release version. Aside from security updates, stable only changes once every few months when a point release comes out. When reviewers complain about Debian having an absurdly long release cycle and only including outdated versions of software, they're talking about stable. So, to more directly answer your question, Carl's dependency problem should go away soon (and may have gone away already) as a result of gcc's maintainer submitting an updated gcc package to unstable which will satisfy the version constraint in the current unstable g++ package. -- SGI products are used to create the 'Bugs' that entertain us in theatres and at home. - SGI job posting Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r y+