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I am trying to perform a apt-get dist upgrade under colinux 2.6.10 using debian, but it wont let me! I keep getting this error:
E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential package
e2fsprogs due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad, but if you re
ally want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option.
E: Internal Error, Could not early remove e2fsprogs
I have tried this I found on a google search, but no avail:
apt-get -u -o=APT::Force-LoopBreak=true upgrade
so I altered the forceloopbreak back to false, because I heard it was bad, Can anyone give me help on get past this step? Also can anyone explain to me what the APT::Force-LoopBreak option does and is used for? Thanks in advance
Hi,
I get the exact same message using synaptic to install webmin-samba... on debian 2.6.7 (Armada 7400).. what could happen?
The man page for apt.conf says ' ...-really- know what you are
doing...' but I don't know... would the file system be dismantled?
It's running ext3 on an Hitachi 80 Gig..
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