Bug#538968: Can't install grub-pc

[Nigel Horne]

Felix Zielcke wrote:
> 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 Maybe it's outdated/broken.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
>   
I gave "apt-get install grub-pc" another go to see if the mirror 
(http://http.us.debian.org/debian/) is now up-to-date. It isn't. However 
when I tried "aptitude install grub-pc" that worked - so why does 
aptitude work where apt-get doesn't?

-Nigel