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FS#3053 - kernel dependency error in pacman

Attached to Project: Frugalware
Opened by Janos Kovacs (janny) - Friday, 02 May 2008, 20:13 GMT+2
Task Type Bug Report
Category Base system
Status New
Assigned To Miklos Vajna (vmiklos)
Operating System x86_64 / i686
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.8
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

in -stable the kernel upgrade not correctly, pls see it:

root@laptop:~# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
frugalware is up to date
:: Starting local database upgrade...
resolving dependencies... done.
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: madwifi: requires kernel=2.6.24-3
:: virtualbox: requires kernel=2.6.24-3

root@laptop:~# pacman -Si madwifi|grep ^Dep
root@laptop:~# Depends On : kernel>=2.6.24-3 wireless_tools
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Comment by Miklos Vajna (vmiklos) - Sunday, 04 May 2008, 12:57 GMT+2
yup. ideally pacman should get dependency infos from the fdb on -Su, but it gets from the local db, that's why you get that error.

workaround till this bug is not fixed: -Syud

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