Bug#730806: VS: Bug#730806: gnome-session: Dependency problem causes gmd, gdm3 etc upgrade to fail

[Petri Kaurinkoski]

On Nov 29, 2013, at 21:03, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:

> On 29/11/13 19:20, Petri Kaurinkoski wrote:
>> Can you help me how to do that in a proper manner? Needless to  
>> say, I do not recall ever installing anything by hand from oldstable.
>
> You likely upgraded this machine from squeeze or has been running  
> testing/sid
> for a long time.

Yes. I set up the computer nine years ago, and habve tried to keep it  
in the Debian/testing stream. I just lack some basic Debian  
knowledge, and every once in a while I run into something like this  
simply, because I just do not know what is going on.

> Just remove the 'gdm' package, then proceed with the upgrade.
>
> Emilio


Thanks. I seem to have a hard time getting there. This is what I get  
now:

# apt-get remove gdm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  gdm-themes : Depends: gdm (> 2.4) but it is not going to be installed
  gir1.2-gdm3 : Depends: libgdm1 (>= 3.8.3) but it is not going to be  
installed
  gnome-shell : Depends: gdm3 (>= 3.5.90) but it is not going to be  
installed
                Recommends: gnome-control-center but it is not going  
to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or  
specify a solution).

Running apt-get -f install is not making any difference. There is  
something else I should do here, I guess.

Regards,

Petri

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  Petri Kaurinkoski <Petri.Kaurinkoski at iki.fi>