On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:05:50 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: > On 06/16/2012 02:04 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> You have to ask yourself if you really need that package in your >> system. I never heard of it before nor read about it is needed for >> running VB nor any other virtual machine :-? >> >> > Time for me to do some research, isn't it? > > ;-) > > But I did NOT install netscript on purpose.
And that's a problem (or at least it would be for me) because you got installed a package that monopolizes (well, kind of) your networking and if you are not aware of that it can be a real disaster, not necessarily now but when you don't expect it (sorry, Murphy's Law, you know...). Anyway, if the package was not there before I guess it can be safely removed unless you really need it. > In examining /var/log/apt/history.log I can see that it was actually > installed when netbase was upgraded (on 05/19) from version 4.47 to > version 5.0. This is also when ifupdown was automatically removed! Let's see, this is starting to make sense; "netbase" recommends ifupdown (a package that is also provided by the famous "netscript") and given that ifupdown was removed, it could be that netscript occupied its place. In brief, a usual messing problem from a testing release :-) > I was assuming that netscript had been installed (and ifupdown removed) > because of virtualbox because networking VMs is one of the supposed > reasons why netscript is needed. But, apparently, aptitude took it upon > itself to make this change when netbase was upgraded. > > I'm obviously going to have to do a LOT more digging to begin to begin > to understand these relationships. (...) I think I finally joined the dots. And I guess the same would have happened to me if I had not configured apt to do not install "recommends" nor "suggests" (this is the firt thing I do after installing a Debian system and now I'll do with an extra of motivation >>:-) ) > I may just hang in there with it as long as I have no serious problems > with it -- just in the interest of possibly learning something from the > experience. I can always fall back to the tried-and-true if need be. <malicious mode on> Ensure you always have an extra pair of fingers close to you, I mean, to press the "Ctrl+C" sequence when booting ;-P <malicious mode off> >> Yes, it can be. But to my taste, the description¹ for that package >> leads me to think is not aimed for beginners (meaning: I would not >> install it in my systems unless I really really know what I'm doing >> :-P). >> >> > Hey, I'm a guy! The guys in my family have always LOVED fiddling with > stuff we don't understand, and having it blow up in our faces! I'm an > Alfred E. Neuman sort of guy, if you know what I mean. (...) Okay, okay... yes, I think every Debian user has a little of madness in his/her deepest heart :-D Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/jrir6r$tm4$1...@dough.gmane.org
