i had something > similar < apparently had to do with perl (here too ?), took the risk, machine still works ... had to reinstall a bit. This, of course, is caused by some package wich is set to be removed and causes a cascade of dependencies to be activated. Most of the time this can be caused by a lib wich is upgraded/obsolete between versions, things like this can happen
>>>>> might be bug too : make sure you don't break you machine's critical files (you'll see a warning then) <<<<<< -----Original Message----- From: Kent West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 7:00 PM To: Damon Muller Cc: Debian User List Subject: Re: Testing wants to remove most of my system... Damon Muller wrote: > Quoth Joey Hess, > > >> It's impossible to tell what you're running into since you didn't bother >> to post the actual apt message or any useful diagnostic information, but >> you might try removing base-config. > > Sorry, didn't include the (quite long) output previously on the off chance > that it was something simple/obvious. The full apt-get output is included > below. > > [rei:~]% sudo apt-get dist-upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Calculating Upgrade... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: > a2ps acct adduser alien arts auctex balsa bonobo bsdmainutils bubblemon > bug-buddy cdrdao chbg codecommander crypt++el data-dumper debconf debhelper > debview dh-make dia djtools eeyes emacs20 emacsen-common emusic > enlightenment enscript equivs esound esound-clients esound-common ethereal > extace freeamp gaim-gnome gcd gcombust gdk-imlib-dev gdm gedit ghex > ghostview gimp1.1 gimp1.1-nonfree gimp1.1-perl glade-gnome gmc gnome-applets > gnome-apt gnome-bin gnome-card-games gnome-control-center gnome-core > gnome-games gnome-gataxx gnome-glines gnome-gnibbles gnome-gnobots2 > gnome-gnometris gnome-gnomine gnome-gnotravex gnome-gtali gnome-gturing > gnome-guile gnome-gv gnome-help gnome-iagno gnome-iconedit gnome-mahjongg > gnome-media gnome-network gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-pilot gnome-pim > gnome-pim-conduits gnome-same-gnome gnome-session gnome-stones > gnome-terminal gnome-utils gnome-xbill gnomehack gnomeicu gnosamba gnotepad+ > gnucash gnumeric gnuserv gpasman gphoto gqmpeg gqview grdb grip gs-aladdin > gs-pdfencrypt gtk-engines-gtkstep gtk-engines-metal gtk-engines-notif > gtk-engines-pixmap gtk-engines-redmond95 gtkfind gtm gtop guitar gv gxanim > gxedit helix-sweetpill hyperlatex iceconf icewm-gnome imlib-dev imlib-progs > kaiman kmid kmidi kmix kscd latex2html libapache-asp-perl libapache-dbi-perl > libapache-dbilogger-perl libapache-mod-perl libcapplet-dev libcapplet0 > libdbi-perl libdigest-md5-perl libesd0 libesd0-dev libgconf11 > libgdk-pixbuf-dev libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 libgdk-pixbuf2 libgimp1.1 > libgimp1.1-dev libglade-gnome0 libglade0 libgnome-dev libgnome-pilot-dev > libgnome-pilot0 libgnome-vfs0 libgnome32 libgnomeprint12 libgnomeprint6 > libgnomesupport0 libgnomeui32 libgnorba-dev libgnorba27 libgnorbagtk0 > libgtk-imlib-perl libgtk-perl libgtk1.2 libgtk1.2-dev libgtkhtml4 > libgtkhtml5 libgtkmm libgtkxmhtml1 libguilegtk0 libmedusa0 libnautilus0 > libobgnome0 libobgtk1 libpaperg libpgperl libsdl1.0 libsdl1.1-dev libsmpeg0 > libstorable-perl libterm-readkey-perl libwine libwine-dev libwmf0 libzvt2 > lilo linpopup lynx magicfilter mailcrypt memprof mozilla mozilla-browser > mpage mpg123-esd mswordview mtr mysql-client mysql-server nautilus netpbm > pan pdl perl-5.004 perl-5.004-base perl-5.004-suid perl-5.005 perl-tk > perlmagick pkg-order premail psgml pstoedit pstotext psutils > python-gdk-imlib python-gnome python-gtk realplayer rep-gtk rep-gtk-gnome > sawfish sawfish-gnome sawfish-themes screem smpeg-gtv sound-monitor > task-helix-core task-kdemultimedia task-tex telnetd timidity uae vim-gtk vlc > vlc-gnome vlc-sdl webmagick wmakerconf wmmail wordinspect wxftp-gtk xalf > xchat-gnome xemacs20-bin xemacs20-support xemacs21 xemacs21-bin > xemacs21-mule xemacs21-support xfntil2 xlogmaster xmms xmms-dev xscreensaver > xserver-xfree86 xwhois > The following NEW packages will be installed: > libperl5.6 perl perl-5.6 perl-modules > The following packages have been kept back > fetchmail kernel-image-2.2.17 > The following packages will be upgraded > acroread bsdutils catdoc cron debian-policy diff docbook-stylesheets eperl > fftw2 file groff hdparm ibritish ispell libhdf4g libio-stringy-perl > libmime-base64-perl libmime-perl libmldbm-perl libstringlist0 > libtimedate-perl libxml-dev libxml1 mlock mount mutt net-tools oidentd pdksh > perl-5.005-base perl-base shellutils ssystem stat sudo tcsh tcsh-i18n unhtml > untex util-linux w3m wavtools wenglish xdaliclock xnetload > 45 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 248 to remove and 2 not upgraded. > 2 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 19.0MB of archives. After unpacking 528MB will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > > My machine, pointing to unstable, is wanting to do essentially the same thing. Hmmm. Hazards of living on the bleeding edge? Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
