System Crasher: I am running Debian <stable Wheezy> and I want to install <icedove> version <esr>

[K. Posern]

Hi Tony,

The 500 megs are because icedove unstable depends on a newer version of 
libc :((

  icedove : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15) but 2.13-38 is to be installed
                  Depends: libffi6 (>= 3.0.4) but it is not going to be 
installed

I am lucky to have gotten the version (from experimental - before the 
relase of debian 7) that runs with stable:
     ii  icedove 17.0.5-1                           amd64

But I won't get any updates until there is a proper backport of icedove 
17 for stable debian ;)


Cheers,

Knuth

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On 24/05/13 23:47, Tony Thedford wrote:
> Setting up to install icedove per your instructions crashes debian..
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> At the URL http://mozilla.debian.net/ when I select the following:
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> I am running Debian stable Wheezy and I want to install icedove 
> version esr
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> And then setup the indicated entry in /etc/apt/sources.list:
> deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian unstable main
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> Then run the indicated commands:
> $ apt-get update
> $ apt-get install -t unstable icedove
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> Apt tries to pull in about 500 megs of lots and lots of packages. If 
> yes is then given to Apt, the installation will fry the entire 
> debian/wheezy-stable installation and the system will no longer boot.
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> Is there other instructions that need to be added here? I am sure that 
> I am not the only one who has damaged their installation by following 
> these instructions that you are showing.
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> Thanks
> Tony
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