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Subject: Re: pkg 1.3.8 requested but not available?
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 6:02 AM, Florent Peterschmitt <
florent@peterschmitt.fr> wrote:

> I'm curious to know how you get into this mess with Debian or RH
> distros. What version of these distros?
>
> And are you sure it is impossible to uprade only the PM (package
> manager) and keep other packages like they currently are?
>
> Never had to reinstall a system for a security upgrade because of
> dependency loop. Sounds very strange to me.
>

Debian unstable can be a scary, scary place sometimes. For RH it sounds
weird, but maybe Fedora Rawhide gets into such states too.

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