On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:46:59PM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Brian May <[email protected]>, 2009-11-17, 12:30: > [...] > > WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed. > > This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! > > install-info (due to sed) > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > After this operation, 258kB disk space will be freed. > > You are about to do something potentially harmful. > > To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!' ?] ^C > [...] > >Why does apt-get want to remove sed? Doesn't dpkg satisfy the depends? > > It wants to remove install-info, not sed.
Of course it wants to remove install-info, that is because I told it to. However install-info isn't essential, so why is it saying otherwise? -- Brian May <[email protected]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
