Debian is being hateful

[Dirk Koopman]

David Cantrell wrote:
> I run Debian testing on one of my machines, and it's been a month or so
> since I last updated it, so ...
> 
>   $ sudo apt-get upgrade
>   ...
>   Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 (using
>   .../libc6_2.5-9+b1_i386.deb) ...
>   WARNING: POSIX threads library NPTL requires kernel version
>   2.6.1 or later. If you use a kernel 2.4, please upgrade it
>   before installing glibc.
>   dpkg: error ...
> 
> Fair enough, time for a kernel upgrade:
> 
>   $ sudo apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-686
>   You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
>   The following packages have unmet dependencies.
>     binutils: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.3.6.ds1-13 is to be
>       installed
>     ...
>   E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages
> 
> OK, I'll try that then:
> 
>   $ sudo apt-get -f install
>   ...
>   The following extra packages will be installed:
>     libc6
>   ...
>   WARNING: POSIX threads library NPTL requires kernel version
>   2.6.1 or later. If you use a kernel 2.4, please upgrade it
>   before installing glibc.
>   ...
>   E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> Stupid piece of shit.  Any clues about how to fix it?
> 

use aptitude