Bug#538968: Can't install grub-pc

[Felix Zielcke]

Am Dienstag, den 28.07.2009, 09:55 +0100 schrieb Nigel Horne:
> Package: grub-pc
> Severity: important
> 
> sh-3.2# apt-get install grub-pc
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   grub-pc: Depends: grub-common (= 1.96+20090709-1) but 1.96+20090725-1 is to be installed
>   E: Broken packages
>   sh-3.2# 
> 

I just downloaded the i386 .deb's from ftp.de.debian.org and the Depends
is correct, i.e. Depends: grub-common (= 1.96+20090725-1)
Which mirror do you use? Maybe it's outdated/broken.
Or maybe this is a bug in apt
In that case try apt-get -t unstable install grub-pc grub-common

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Felix Zielcke
Proud Debian Maintainer