On 24 Oct 2001, Greg Wiley wrote: > Just slightly confused here. I tried the deborphan package on > a testing machine today and was given a list of packages to > remove. They included ldso. Now, I was pretty sure ldso > is an important package so I checked using dselect. Hey, ldso > is in opt/oldlibs. > > So I go ahead and try the removal but here is what I get: > > WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed > This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! > ldso > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 684kB will be freed. > You are about to do something potentially harmful > To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!' > ?] > Abort. > > The 'Abort' is because I didn't type in that phrase. Can I safely > remove this package? Why is ldso in oldlibs? > > TIA, > > -=greg > > >
I raised this several months ago; there should be some correspondence about it in the archives. Removing it doesn't seem to cause any problems, at least in Woody, but I've left mine there as it's small. I've excluded it from the files that deborphan searches so it no longer shows up. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For an electronic book (The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 140 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan]
