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Date:      Tue, 23 Sep 2014 08:32:47 -0400
From:      Brandon Allbery <allbery.b@gmail.com>
To:        Florent Peterschmitt <florent@peterschmitt.fr>
Cc:        "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net>
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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brandon s allbery kf8nh                               sine nomine associates
allbery.b@gmail.com                                  ballbery@sinenomine.net
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