Re: Issues today with PowerPC

[Eric Ramsey <tomoyodaidoji@gmail.com>]

So I found some information on the t64 transition.  However, what I am
finding is that it should still work. So I am not sure if something
went sideways in the PowerPC tree or not.

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 4:46 PM Eric Ramsey <tomoyodaidoji@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So, I started working on updating my PowerPC today, and the apt went
> nuts indicating that there is a large amount of depends that are not
> being met. An example is iproute2, while troubleshooting things It
> even went so far as to remove iproute2.
>
> I was able to get the system half working again however the loops are
> related to below. It looks like the repo is in some half state of
> needing a large amount of conflicting packages and it has left the
> system in a currently unusable state.
>
> root@iLamp:/sdctemp/ppc# dpkg -i *
> (Reading database ... 171476 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpack iproute2_6.8.0-1+b1_powerpc.deb ...
> Unpacking iproute2 (6.8.0-1+b1) over (6.8.0-1+b1) ...
> dpkg: regarding libdb5.3t64_5.3.28+dfsg2-5+b1_powerpc.deb containing
> libdb5.3t64:powerpc:
>  libdb5.3t64 breaks libdb5.3 (<< 5.3.28+dfsg2-5)
>   libdb5.3:powerpc (version 5.3.28+dfsg2-4) is present and installed.
>
> dpkg: error processing archive
> libdb5.3t64_5.3.28+dfsg2-5+b1_powerpc.deb (--install):
>  installing libdb5.3t64:powerpc would break libdb5.3:powerpc, and
>  deconfiguration is not permitted (--auto-deconfigure might help)
> dpkg: regarding libelf1t64_0.191-1_powerpc.deb containing libelf1t64:powerpc:
>  libelf1t64 breaks libelf1 (<< 0.191-1)
>   libelf1:powerpc (version 0.190-1) is present and installed.
>
> dpkg: error processing archive libelf1t64_0.191-1_powerpc.deb (--install):
>  installing libelf1t64:powerpc would break libelf1:powerpc, and
>  deconfiguration is not permitted (--auto-deconfigure might help)
> dpkg: regarding libtirpc3t64_1.3.4+ds-1.1_powerpc.deb containing
> libtirpc3t64:powerpc:
>  libtirpc3t64 breaks libtirpc3 (<< 1.3.4+ds-1.1)
>   libtirpc3:powerpc (version 1.3.4+ds-1) is present and installed.
>
> dpkg: error processing archive libtirpc3t64_1.3.4+ds-1.1_powerpc.deb
> (--install):
>  installing libtirpc3t64:powerpc would break libtirpc3:powerpc, and
>  deconfiguration is not permitted (--auto-deconfigure might help)
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of iproute2:
>  iproute2 depends on libdb5.3t64; however:
>   Package libdb5.3t64 is not installed.
>  iproute2 depends on libelf1t64 (>= 0.131); however:
>   Package libelf1t64 is not installed.
>  iproute2 depends on libtirpc3t64 (>= 1.0.2); however:
>   Package libtirpc3t64 is not installed.
>
> dpkg: error processing package iproute2 (--install):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-3) ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  libdb5.3t64_5.3.28+dfsg2-5+b1_powerpc.deb
>  libelf1t64_0.191-1_powerpc.deb
>  libtirpc3t64_1.3.4+ds-1.1_powerpc.deb
>  iproute2
> root@iLamp:/sdctemp/ppc# dpkg -r libelf1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libelf1:powerpc:
>  libglib2.0-bin depends on libelf1 (>= 0.142).
>  libgl1-mesa-dri:powerpc depends on libelf1 (>= 0.142).
>  libdw1:powerpc depends on libelf1 (= 0.190-1).
>  libbpf1:powerpc depends on libelf1 (>= 0.144).
>  libbpf0:powerpc depends on libelf1 (>= 0.142).
>  dwz depends on libelf1 (>= 0.131).
>
> dpkg: error processing package libelf1:powerpc (--remove):
>  dependency problems - not removing
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  libelf1:powerpc