On 2021-01-23 15:47:09 +0100, steve wrote: > # apt-get purge ".*:i386" > WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed. > This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! > libgcc-s1:i386 gcc-10-base:i386 (due to libgcc-s1:i386) libc6:i386 (due to > libgcc-s1:i386) > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 17 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > After this operation, 22.0 MB disk space will be freed. > You are about to do something potentially harmful. > To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!' > > > Pretty scary message… but since I know I have the amd64 versions, I > typed the phrase and the system still works ;)
This is strange that you got this message. On my amd64 machine with i386 as a foreign architecture (and libc6:i386 installed in particular), I do not get this message. Note that i386 packages are useful if you use i386 executables. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
