hi all i'm considering upgrading my potato box to woody over the holidays. i've changed /etc/apt/sources.list to point to woody and commented out security. i then ran apt-get update and apt-get --simulate dist-upgrade. the output of dist-upgrade was a little troubling.
<-- dist-upgrade OUTPUT --> Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... The following packages will be REMOVED: data-dumper gnucash kbd modconf modutils perl-5.005 sysvinit util-linux xcontrib xemacs20-nomule xmailtool xmanpages xpm4g The following NEW packages will be installed: autoconf2.13 autotools-dev bonobo console-common cpp-2.95 defoma expect g++-2.95 g77-2.95 gcc-2.95 gconf gobjc-2.95 groff-base host icewm-common ifupdown ipchains klogd libbonobo2 libbz2-1.0 libcap1 libdb3 libdns4 libdps1 libefs1 libfreetype6 libgal11 libgconf11 libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 libgdk-pixbuf2 libgnome-vfs0 libgnomeprint-bin libgnomeprint-data libgnomeprint15 libgpmg1-dev libhtml-tagset-perl libisc3 liblcms liblwres1 libmagick5 libnetpbm9 liboaf0 libole2-0 libperl5.6 libplot libsasl7 libscrollkeeper0 libssl0.9.6 libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 libttf2 libungif4g libwww0 libxaw6 libxaw6-dev libxaw7 libxml2 logrotate mailx net-tools netkit-inetd netkit-ping ntp-simple oaf perl perl-doc perl-modules perl-suid portmap python-base python1.5-base scrollkeeper tcl8.3 texinfo tk8.3 xlibs xlibs-dev xscreensaver-gnome xserver-common-v3 xutils The following packages have been kept back tetex-bin vim WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! sysvinit util-linux (due to sysvinit) 421 packages upgraded, 79 newly installed, 13 to remove and 2 not upgraded. <-- dist-upgrade OUTPUT --> there is a warning that sysvinit and util-linux will be removed. is this to suppose to happen? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1
