On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 09:45:26AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > "important" packages will be installed by default on a new installation. > "required" packages can't be uninstalled, while console-tools is not that > important that your box won't work without them. required packages can be deinstalled, mbr for example is `required' but i always apt-get --purge remove it without any incident, or complaints/screams-of-horror from apt. you may be thinking of Essential: yes; thats the only kind of package that apt will scream bloody murder about the idea of removal. AFAICT there is no technical difference between important and required, only policy related differences. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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