Ok I didn't associate this part with what I was trying to do.
*
I would try first one then the other:
1. Use Roman Khomasuridze's suggestion:
*> if you want to upgrade only iceweasel, then run
*> * apt-get install iceweasel/lenny-backports
*> by this, apt will try to install iceweasel from backports but will try to
*> match its dependencies from lenny. it worked for me...
2. Install the /etc/apt/preferences file as recommended. *That will
* change the pinning rules.
Bob
Doing some further investigation it looks like it may be unsafe to install a later version of iceweasel as it seems to require a later version of a package which then breaks the older gnucash:
I looked at the man page for apt_preferences then added the following as a preferences file:
Package: gnucash
Pin: version 2.2.6-2
Pin-Priority: 1001
The idea is to keep gnucash at this version.
then
# aptitude -t lenny-backports install iceweasel
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree******
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information*****
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done*
The following packages are BROKEN:
* iceweasel-l10n-en-gb xulrunner-1.9.1
The following NEW packages will be installed:
* libmozjs2d{a}
The following packages will be upgraded:
* iceweasel libcairo2 libglib2.0-0 libnss3-1d libpixman-1-0 libsqlite3-0
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
* libglib2.0-data
6 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 106 not upgraded.
Need to get 13.2MB of archives. After unpacking 28.0MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
* xulrunner-1.9.1: Breaks: gnucash (< 2.2.9-7~) but 2.2.6-2 is installed.
* iceweasel-l10n-en-gb: Depends: iceweasel (<= 3.1) but 3.5.12-2~bpo50+1 is to be installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
gnucash
Upgrade the following packages:
iceweasel-l10n-en-gb [1:3.0.6+debian-1 (stable, now) -> 1:3.5.11+debian-1~bpo50+1
(lenny-backports)]
Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
gnucash-common recommends gnucash (>= 2.2.6-2)
Score is -11
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies.
Abort.
It looks like I need to review my decision not to upgrade gnucash. I didn't want to mess with this for various reasons (partly because I have a separate system which I use only for internet banking and I'd have to then add backports to this also. I suppose if it works ok this wouldn't be an issue. However I don't want to find out down the line that something fails and I have updated gnucash accounts using a version I can't continue with.)
Maybe I'll try Roman's suggestion.
10-07-2010, 10:23 PM
Bob Proulx
Lenny backports installation of one package only
Russell Gadd wrote:
> Doing some further investigation it looks like it may be unsafe to install a
> later version of iceweasel as it seems to require a later version of a
> package which then breaks the older gnucash:
I always hate it when there are mutually exclusive conflicts.
You might do what many of us running a 64-bit system do, create a
32-bit chroot and run the newer Iceweasel from there. I use
debootstrap to create a 32-bit chroot running Sid. In the chroot I
install Iceweasel and keep it updated. I run Iceweasel from there.
Since it is a chroot there and the only thing I run in that one is
Firefox then I don't have any conflicts with any other package.
Lenny backports installation of one package only
