Is it safe to remove these from Squeeze? $ deborphan mktemp diff
$ aptitude why diff Unable to find a reason to install diff. aptitude why mktemp Unable to find a reason to install mktemp. # aptitude purge diff mktemp The following packages will be REMOVED: diff{p} mktemp{p} 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 57.3 kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y The following ESSENTIAL packages will be REMOVED! diff mktemp WARNING: Performing this action will probably cause your system to break! Do NOT continue unless you know EXACTLY what you are doing! To continue, type the phrase "I am aware that this is a very bad idea": -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101226160355.54531...@t61.debian-linux