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Emily Jackson wrote:
> When I tried to install the latest version of dbus, I got the following
> message:
>
> Unpacking replacement dbus ...
> Preparing to replace dbus-shlibs 1.2.6-1 (using .../dbus-
> shlibs_1.2.12-10_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement dbus-shlibs ...
> Preparing to replace dbus-dev 1.2.6-1 (using .../dbus-
> dev_1.2.12-10_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement dbus-dev ...
> Setting up dbus-shlibs (1.2.12-10) ...
>
> Setting up dbus-dev (1.2.12-10) ...
> Setting up dbus (1.2.12-10) ...
>
> Reading buildlock packages...
> Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies!
>
> Fink isn't sure how to install the above packages safely. You may be able to
> fix things by running:
>
>   fink scanpackages
>   sudo apt-get update
>   sudo apt-get install dbus-dev=1.2.6-1
>
> I performed the first 2 steps above, and then when I tried the third
> step, I got the following error:
>
> sudo apt-get install dbus-dev=1.2.6-1
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... 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.
>
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> that package should be filed.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   dbus-dev: Depends: dbus-shlibs (= 1.2.6-1) but 1.2.12-10 is to be installed
> E: Sorry, broken packages
>
> (I am running Mac OS X 10.4.11.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Emily
>
>
>   
It's mysterious to me why Fink would have you try to downgrade dbus-dev,
unless you had another build going or something like that.

Try just removing dbus-dev and running "fink update dbus".  If it says
"no packages to install" then you're probably OK.

-- 
Alexander Hansen
Fink User Liaison


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