[ale] Fw: HOW2 resolve aptitude conflict ?

[Courtney Thomas]

Greetings !
 
 I'm tryin' to install a new kernel:
 
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     aptitude install kernel-image-2.4.27-2-k7
 
 and I get:
 
     libc6 broken
 
     libc6 conflicts with initrd-tools < 0.1.84.1
         but 0.1.81.1 to be installed
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 Dilemma:
     I can't remove libc6 'cause of MANY dependencies,
     and I can't install the kernel 'cause it requires the
     initrd-tools that libc6 won't allow
 
 that is, there's a circular dependency-permission conundrum :-)
 
 Being a Debian novitiate, how do I smoothely resolve this, please ?
 
 Appreciatively,
Courtney