I was paring down my installation and the command for gcc-4.2-base more or less threatened to wipe out everything on the server.
apt-get purge gcc-4.2-base Is that the norm, or is it due to a corrupted package database? r...@sys-1275:~# apt-get purge gcc-4.2-base Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libdns35 linux-libc-dev autotools-dev openvpn-blacklist Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: libdns35 The following packages will be REMOVED: adduser* ajaxterm* apache2* apache2-mpm-prefork* apache2-utils* apache2.2-common* apt* apt-show-versions* apt-utils* aptitude* base-files* base-passwd* bash* belocs-locales-bin* bind9* binutils* bsdmainutils* bsdutils* build-essential* bzip2* comerr-dev* console-setup* console-terminus* console-tools* coreutils* cpio* cpp* cpp-4.2* cron* curl* dash* debconf* debconf-i18n* debianutils* debootstrap* defoma* dhcp3-client* dhcp3-common* dhcp3-server* diff* dmidecode* dpkg* dpkg-dev* e2fslibs* e2fsprogs* eject* ethtool* fail2ban* file* findutils* fontconfig* fontconfig-config* g++* g++-4.2* gcc* gcc-4.2* gcc-4.2-base* gettext-base* gnupg* gpgv* grep* groff-base* gzip* hostname* ifupdown* initramfs-tools* initscripts* iproute* iptables* iputils-ping* klogd* laptop-detect* less* libacl1* libapache2-mod-php5* libapr1* libaprutil1* libapt-pkg-perl* libatm1* libattr1* libaudio2* libauthen-pam-perl* libbind9-30* libblkid1* libbz2-1.0* libc6* libc6-dev* libc6-i686* libcap1* libck-connector0* libcomerr2* libconsole* libcupsys2* libcurl3* libcurl3-gnutls* libcwidget3* libdb4.6* libdbd-mysql-perl* libdbd-pg-perl* libdbi-perl* libdbus-1-3* libdevmapper1.02.1* libedit2* libexpat1* libfontconfig1* libfreetype6* libfribidi0* libgcc1* libgcrypt11* libgdbm3* libgnutls13* libgomp1* libgpg-error0* libice6* libidn11* libio-pty-perl* libisc35* libisccc30* libisccfg30* libiw29* libjpeg62* libkadm55* libkeyutils1* libkrb5-dev* libkrb53* liblcms1* libldap-2.4-2* liblocale-gettext-perl* libltdl3* libltdl3-dev* liblwres30* liblzo2-2* libmagic1* libmd5-perl* libmng1* libmyodbc* libmysqlclient15-dev* libmysqlclient15off* libncurses5* libncurses5-dev* libncursesw5* libnet-daemon-perl* libnet-ssleay-perl* libnewt0.52* libodbcinstq1c2* libopencdk10* libossp-uuid15* libpam-modules* libpam-smbpass* libpam0g* libpcap0.8* libpcre3* libplrpc-perl* libpng12-0* libpopt0* libpq-dev* libpq5* libqt3-mt* libreadline5* libsamplerate0* libsasl2-2* libsasl2-modules* libselinux1* libsepol1* libsigc++-2.0-0c2a* libslang2* libsm6* libsox0* libsqlite0* libsqlite3-0* libss2* libssl-dev* libssl0.9.8* libstdc++6* libstdc++6-4.2-dev* libsysfs2* libtasn1-3* libtext-charwidth-perl* libtext-iconv-perl* libtext-wrapi18n-perl* libtimedate-perl* libtool* libusb-0.1-4* libuuid1* libvolume-id0* libwrap0* libx11-6* libx11-data* libxau6* libxcb-xlib0* libxcb1* libxcursor1* libxdmcp6* libxext6* libxfixes3* libxft2* libxi6* libxinerama1* libxml2* libxrandr2* libxrender1* libxslt1.1* libxt6* locales* login* logrotate* lsb-base* lsb-release* lynx* lzma* make* makedev* man-db* mawk* mii-diag* mktemp* module-init-tools* mount* mysql-client* mysql-client-5.0* mysql-server* mysql-server-5.0* nano* ncurses-base* ncurses-bin* net-tools* netbase* netcat* netcat-traditional* ntpdate* odbc-postgresql* odbcinst1debian1* openssh-client* openssh-server* openssl* openssl-blacklist* openvpn* passwd* patch* pciutils* pcmciautils* perl* perl-base* perl-modules* php5-cgi* php5-cli* php5-common* php5-mysql* php5-pgsql* postgresql* postgresql-8.3* postgresql-client* postgresql-client-8.3* postgresql-client-8.4* postgresql-client-common* postgresql-common* postgresql-contrib* postgresql-contrib-8.3* postgresql-server-dev-8.3* procps* psmisc* python* python-central* python-minimal* python-support* python2.5* python2.5-minimal* resolvconf* samba* samba-common* sed* smbclient* smbfs* sox* sqlite* ssh* ssl-cert* startup-tasks* sudo* sysklogd* system-services* sysvutils* tar* tasksel* tasksel-data* tcpd* telnet* traceroute* ttf-dejavu* ttf-dejavu-core* ttf-dejavu-extra* tzdata* ubuntu-keyring* ubuntu-minimal* ucf* udev* unixodbc* unixodbc-dev* update-inetd* upstart* upstart-compat-sysv* upstart-logd* usbutils* util-linux* util-linux-locales* uuid-runtime* vim-common* vim-tiny* webmin* wget* whiptail* winbind* wireless-tools* wpasupplicant* x11-common* zlib1g* zlib1g-dev* The following packages will be upgraded: libdns35 WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed. This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! apt libc6 (due to apt) libgcc1 (due to apt) libstdc++6 (due to apt) base-files base-passwd (due to base-files) libpam-modules (due to base-files) bash debianutils (due to bash) libncurses5 (due to bash) bsdutils coreutils libacl1 (due to coreutils) libselinux1 (due to coreutils) dash mktemp (due to debianutils) diff dpkg lzma (due to dpkg) e2fsprogs e2fslibs (due to e2fsprogs) libblkid1 (due to e2fsprogs) libcomerr2 (due to e2fsprogs) libss2 (due to e2fsprogs) libuuid1 (due to e2fsprogs) findutils grep gzip hostname login libpam0g (due to login) mount ncurses-base ncurses-bin perl-base python-minimal python2.5-minimal (due to python-minimal) sed sysvutils libsepol1 (due to sysvutils) tar util-linux lsb-base (due to util-linux) tzdata (due to util-linux) libslang2 (due to util-linux) zlib1g (due to util-linux) 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 317 to remove and 8 not upgraded. Need to get 11.3kB of archives. After this operation, 643MB disk space will be freed. You are about to do something potentially harmful. To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!' -- Frank Church ======================= http://devblog.brahmancreations.com
