On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote: > On 02/17/2009 02:19 PM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: >> >> Clemens Eisserer wrote: >>> >>> That was my question after all. >>> >>> I would like to install "autossh", but apt detects some dependencies, >>> including some package named "libc6". >>> The package "libc6" seems to suggest libc6-i686, at least that what I >>> understood from your descriptions. >>> >>> The big question is, will "apt-get install autossh" destroy my system, >>> by installing libc6-i686? >>> And if so, what can I do to prevent that and force it to install >>> another version? >>> >> >> It's just a "Suggest", so it won't be installed, unless you ask for it. > > Didn't I say that? >
Actually, no you didn't. The bit about 'it won't be installed, unless you ask for it' may have been *implied* by what you said, but it was never stated and that's an assumption that it's safer not to make. Nye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
