I notice I have a package installed called "base 1.1.0-14" and it is
considered "obsolete" by dselect. However, "dpkg --remove base" doesn't
work, it says it's an essential package.
Do I need to remove this package? How can I do it?
Thanks, Chris.
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From: "Eloy A. Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
! At 04:45 PM 7/11/97 PDT, Bruce Perens wrote:
!
! >However, edit /var/lib/dpkg/status and remove the paragraph
! >about the "base" package, and that will effectively purge it.
! >Forcing dpkg to remove the package removes all of the files in /dev.
! >It's
Hi,
At 04:45 PM 7/11/97 PDT, Bruce Perens wrote:
>However, edit /var/lib/dpkg/status and remove the paragraph
>about the "base" package, and that will effectively purge it.
>Forcing dpkg to remove the package removes all of the files in /dev.
>It's my error, sorry.
But removing this paragraph by
However, edit /var/lib/dpkg/status and remove the paragraph
about the "base" package, and that will effectively purge it.
Forcing dpkg to remove the package removes all of the files in /dev.
It's my error, sorry.
Bruce
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On Jul 10, Laurent Bonnaud wrote
> > "Igor" == Igor Grobman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Igor>
> Igor> NO NO NO!! Don't try removing this package. It owns all of your
> device
> Igor> files. Removing it will leave your system in a completely unusable
> state.
> Igor> Just leave that pa
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> Note that it is possible to remove base (see one of my messages in the -user
> or -devel archive), but I don't recommend it if you don't know what you're
> doing.
>
> You can by installing al the replacement packages first (make sure you have
> the makedev package), then --for
> "Igor" == Igor Grobman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Igor>
Igor> NO NO NO!! Don't try removing this package. It owns all of your device
Igor> files. Removing it will leave your system in a completely unusable state.
Igor> Just leave that package as it is.
Yes, that's what i see when i
Hi,
Laurent Bonnaud ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: i first installed Debian 1.1 (how was it called btw ?)
Buzz (Lightyear) was the name of Debian 1.1. Cool name.
: - dselect reports the package base 1.1.0-13 as obsolete but will not
:purge it (neither will dpkg --purge) because it is an
get and install some
> packages with dpkg. Among the packages i upgraded were base 1.2 and
> base 1.3. Now i have upgraded with dselect from a 1.3.1 CD and
> everything is going well except for two minor details:
>
> - dselect reports the package base 1.1.0-13 as obsolete but will
. Among the packages i upgraded were base 1.2 and
base 1.3. Now i have upgraded with dselect from a 1.3.1 CD and
everything is going well except for two minor details:
- dselect reports the package base 1.1.0-13 as obsolete but will not
purge it (neither will dpkg --purge) because it is an
se" package,
Rick> so it looks like this:
Rick>Package: base
Rick>Essential: yes
Rick>Status: purge ok not-installed
Rick> I didn't notice any problems, and it cleaned up the dselect
Rick> sections. I didn't manually delete any files t
Dirk Luetjens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> during an update form Debian 1.1 to Debian 1.2.2 I purged the base
> package "base" from Debian 1.1 (dselect show this package as obsolete)
> Afterwards all files in /dev where missing.
>
> Are there any substitutions
Dirk Luetjens wrote:
> during an update form Debian 1.1 to Debian 1.2.2 I purged the base
> package "base" from Debian 1.1 (dselect show this package as obsolete)
> Afterwards all files in /dev where missing.
>
> Are there any substitutions for this package? Which pack
Hi,
during an update form Debian 1.1 to Debian 1.2.2 I purged the base
package "base" from Debian 1.1 (dselect show this package as obsolete)
Afterwards all files in /dev where missing.
Are there any substitutions for this package? Which package must I
reinstall to get everything work
I need to make base-files provide the virtual package "base".
Next upload.
Thanks
Bruce
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On 15 Dec 1996, Kevin Dalley wrote:
> This bug has already been reported--twice. It is #5729 and 5657.
> Bruce's response follow:
>
> > It's OK for base to still be on the system. All of its files are
> > taken over by other packages.
Uhm.. its not that BASE is there, its that base version 1.2.
Daniel Stringfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote:
>
> > Which package?
> Smartlist.
>
> > The 1.2 system has replaced base with base-files. However base-files
> > doesn't remove base during an upgrade, but doesn't provide base either, so
> > a "new" ins
On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> Which package?
Smartlist.
> The 1.2 system has replaced base with base-files. However base-files
> doesn't remove base during an upgrade, but doesn't provide base either, so
> a "new" installation will appear to have no base support. Don't know what
> Br
On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Daniel Stringfield wrote:
> I'm trying to upgrade a package that requires base (>= 1.2.0-3) and says I
> have an older version. (1.1 something) but I can not find a package named
> "base" anywhere. Any clues to what happened to this package?
>
Which package?
The 1.2 system
Some of base is renamed base-files. Other parts have split up
further. You should file a bug against the package which you are
downloading which still depends upon base, if one hasn't already been
filed against it.
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I'm trying to upgrade a package that requires base (>= 1.2.0-3) and says I
have an older version. (1.1 something) but I can not find a package named
"base" anywhere. Any clues to what happened to this package?
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