On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Amy Tanner wrote:
> I'm trying to get apt working on a RedHat 7.0 box.  Any idea how I can
> resolve this?  Thank you.

<debian geek="on">Run Debian, where Apt is meant to be run? :)</debian geek>

> # apt-get -f install
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Correcting dependencies... failed.
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   initscripts: Depends: sysklogd (>= 1.3.31) but it is not installed
>   modutils: Depends: vixie-cron (>= 3.0.1-31) but it is not installed
> E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be
> caused by held packages.
> E: Unable to correct dependencies
>
> # rpm -q sysklogd
> sysklogd-1.3.33-6
> # rpm -q vixie-cron
> vixie-cron-3.0.1-56
>
> The dependency problems it's claiming don't appear to be accurate.

What happens if you do:

apt-get -f install initscripts modutils sysklogd vixie-cron

.. or what happens if you change sources.lists to 7.3 stuff and
dist-upgrade?

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