[DRE-maint] Possible to install ruby in debian stable?

[Gordon Pedersen]

Is it possible to install ruby in debian stable at this moment in time?

When I try, it appears that the following dependency chain

   ruby -> ruby1.8 -> libruby1.8 -> libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) [i386]

leads apt-get to want to install packages from the "testing" dist.

It decides to remove stable package libc6 (2.3.6.ds1-13etch2), then
goes to get libc6 (2.6.1-1+b1 Debian:testing) and continues on with
testing pkgs.

Here is what a simulated apt-get install shows:

$ apt-get install libruby1.8 -s
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  gcc-4.2-base libc6 libc6-i686 libmudflap0 libncurses5 linux-libc-dev locales
  tzdata zlib1g
Suggested packages:
  glibc-doc
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libc6-dev libmudflap0-dev linux-kernel-headers
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gcc-4.2-base libruby1.8 linux-libc-dev
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libc6 libc6-i686 libmudflap0 libncurses5 locales tzdata zlib1g
7 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 3 to remove and 352 not upgraded.
Remv libmudflap0-dev [4.1.1-21]
Remv libc6-dev [2.3.6.ds1-13etch2]
Remv linux-kernel-headers [2.6.18-7]
Inst tzdata [2007b-1] (2007h-1 Debian:testing)
Conf tzdata (2007h-1 Debian:testing)
Inst locales [2.3.6.ds1-13etch2] (2.6.1-1 Debian:testing) []
Inst libc6 [2.3.6.ds1-13etch2] (2.6.1-1+b1 Debian:testing) [libc6-i686
on libc6] [libc6-i686 ]
Conf libc6 (2.6.1-1+b1 Debian:testing) [libc6-i686 ]
Inst libc6-i686 [2.3.6.ds1-13etch2] (2.6.1-1+b1 Debian:testing)
Inst libncurses5 [5.5-5] (5.6+20070908-1 Debian:testing)
Conf libncurses5 (5.6+20070908-1 Debian:testing)
Inst zlib1g [1:1.2.3-13] (1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-6 Debian:testing)
Conf zlib1g (1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-6 Debian:testing)
Inst gcc-4.2-base (4.2.1-4 Debian:testing)
Inst libmudflap0 [4.1.1-21] (4.2.1-4 Debian:testing)
Inst libruby1.8 (1.8.6.36-3 Debian:testing)
Inst linux-libc-dev (2.6.22-4 Debian:testing)
Conf locales (2.6.1-1 Debian:testing)
Conf libc6-i686 (2.6.1-1+b1 Debian:testing)
Conf gcc-4.2-base (4.2.1-4 Debian:testing)
Conf libmudflap0 (4.2.1-4 Debian:testing)
Conf libruby1.8 (1.8.6.36-3 Debian:testing)
Conf linux-libc-dev (2.6.22-4 Debian:testing)


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Gordon Pedersen         gordon at visi.com